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"Fist! Fist! Resist! Resist!" shouts 10-year-old Amarra Marie Andresen, her loose ponytail bouncing as she dances. It's a Saturday morning, and the sun has made a rare wintry appearance, but Andresen is inside and focused. She's practicing to be one of many activists around the world celebrating Valentine's Day a little differently this year.
"It's going to be random, and nobody is going to know that we're doing it," says Andresen, explaining that she will be participating in a flash mob (at an undisclosed location) Friday evening as part of a global campaign to end violence against women.
For over a decade, Feb. 14 has been more than fancy chocolates and paper hearts for many women's rights advocates. V-Day was started in 1998 by Eve Ensler, author of the play "The Vagina Monologues," with the mission to end violence against girls and women.
Last year, the V-Day organization announced the One Billion Rising campaign — referencing United Nations statistics that one in three women will be raped, beaten or abused in her lifetime (or roughly 1 billion women worldwide).
One Billing Rising called on people around the world to "walk out, dance, rise up, and demand an end to this violence." And, according to the campaign, people in 207 countries did, including Filipino activists who popularized the use of flash mobs — group dances performed, unannounced, in public spaces — as a way of making their demands visible.
"It's really hard to talk about," says Jill Mangaliman of Pin@y sa Seattle, a Filipino human-rights collective that works both locally and internationally and is helping to organize this year's flash mob, "so people being able to express themselves through art has been a great way to help heal and engage people."
Mangaliman says Pin@y was inspired by the success of these One Billion Rising flash mobs in the Philippines last year, and wanted to bring them to the Pacific Northwest as a way of reaching out to new people — especially in the local Filipino community.
The song they will be dancing to is in Tagalog — though the shouts of "Don't be silent! Stop the violence!" are in English. But the energy of the music is universal, full of urgency and power. The dancing is simple enough that a wide range of people can follow along (the flash mob rehearsal I attended was at a senior home where elderly women, some with walkers, joined in on the dancing from the sidelines). But the moves are also militant and rhythmic. It is dancing that demands attention.
In-your-face performance that communicates across culture and language is increasingly popular among feminist movements around the globe. From Pussy Riot's ski masks in Moscow, to the topless activists of Ukraine and the pumping fists of One Billion Rising, an interesting performance is far more likely to go viral in the Internet age than a old-school protest march.
"It's different, it's creative and people are not used to seeing this every day of their lives," says Noralis Rodriguez Coss, a Ph.D. candidate in Feminist Studies at the University of Washington who investigates the use of street performance to protest gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. "You will stop and look just out of curiosity."
Coss says it's an effective way of engaging people who may be fatigued by typical protests or are alienated by negative messaging. But she also believes these public acts are more than a publicity stunt or an organizing technique — they are also a powerful form of political expression.
"Violence against women is presented as isolated cases because that is how we are taught to normalize it," says Coss, who says these performances express collective responsibility for an issue that is too often shrouded in secrecy. "But using your body for 10 minutes to say 'this is an issue we all have to do something about' — that's amazing."
Flash mobs, by definition, are secret until they happen, so the details of the action haven't been released publicly.
But if you're looking for a little guerrilla consciousness-raising with your Valentine's Day dinner, the organizers of Pin@y have some insider advice: Consider taking your date out for seafood at a mall in the South End sometime between 6:30 and 7:15 Friday evening.


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Pat Robertson Says Christians Should Love LGBT Youth; Calls Bullying 'Terrible'
Evangelist and Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has stated on "The 700 Club" show that although he believes the Bible opposes homosexual practices, Christians should show love instead of bullying LGBT students, and that schools should not allow such harassment.
Robertson, responding to a viewer's question Tuesday about what he would say to a school whose Christian students bully their LGBT peers, said, "That's terrible. Christians shouldn't do that – they should act in love."
"You might disagree, you might think these practices are an abomination, but you need to reach out to these kids in love," he continued, and concluded that bullying is always wrong.
Robertson has made a number of statements on his show about the immorality of homosexuality – in March, during another "The 700 Club," segment, he commented on a man who had undergone ex-gay therapy and achieved "repentance and deliverance from the homosexual lifestyle." The evangelist said the man's past gay affairs were a "compulsion" and even "somehow related to demonic possession."
Back in December during the "Bring It On" segment of his show, the Christian figure told a father that his son, who is gay, was not born that way and he could grow out of gay desires.
"How do you show your gay son the love of Jesus when you know his sexual preference is an abomination to God?" Robertson was asked.
"You know they say you love the sinner, hate the sin? But what I think you gotta do is love him. You're his father and you want to say, 'Look, I don't agree with what you're doing. You're my son, you came from my body. You're part of me. I'm with you, but I'd like you to get out of this,'" Robertson suggested.

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In a front page story about a major FBI terrorism investigation, The Washington Post has reported that the targets include "Chicagoans who crossed paths with Obama when he was a young state senator and some who have been active in labor unions that supported his political rise." The implication is that the trail could lead to the White House. This is an unusual investigation that does not primarily involve … [Read more...]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
MADE IN ITALY, or NOT?
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There's a quote from the EU rules in this article that goes to the question you raise:
Here's the quote: "Goods whose production involved more than one country shall be deemed to originate in the country where they underwent their last, substantial, economically justified processing,"
I believe I have read that this has been a persistent problem in Italy, and there has been a movement to protect the "Made in Italy" label by introducing more stringent guidelines than those imposed by the EU. There has also been outright fraud, as in the famous "olive oil" case. I agree whole heartedly with the post, and hope similar steps are taken as regards the Italian cycling industry, either in the context of a larger movement or self-policing within the industry itself. I now regard "Made in Italy" with a very large grain of salt, wherever I read it. The same goes for "Imported From Italy" (check this on your bottles of "Italian" olive oil and see where the olives really come from). And this is a shame.Welcome to the new world.
I've recently posted similar views on my blog, concerning "Made in the USA", verses "Designed in the USA".
As far as quality goes, there's nothing wrong with Asian made bikes. The higher end bikes look and ride great. I own a few myself.
Why the deception? Because when you buy something "Made in Italy" - you expect a little magic - perceived or otherwise. By farming out the manufacturing, you're losing some of the history and mystique. Does this matter? That's up for debate.
If it doesn't matter - why not use "Made in China" stickers on the frame?
Because you are losing something - perceived or not - and people are willing to pay more for that.
True?True, Dan. O.
A lot of this may be mystique - but then many people are willing to pay for mystique. Heck, to a large degree, this is what purchases are about - buying a "brand" or a "concept" or a "lifestyle" as much as - or more than - an item of mere enjoyment and use. You're just not as connected to Fausto and Felice on a bike labeled "Made in Taiwan."
But there's also a practical consideration not yet mentioned. Managing subcontrators a continent away and in a different culture takes real ablity and experience. Look at the quality control issues initially experienced by some Italian bike makers - Colnago and De Rosa are oft cited examples - when they originally began using subcontractors more extensively and transitioned to more industrial modes of production in the 70's and 80's. Ugo used to at least inspect every bike that went out the door. Ensuring that what is coming from a manufacturer in Taiwan - who may not share your vision and values - meets your standards is much harder to do, and it's not something many Italian builders are accustomed to.I still feel it's much cooler to have a person - or company - design and make everything themselves.
However, there's some nice bikes out here - designed correctly and manufactured off shore - or just some place else.
Ibis comes to mind. I own a few older original bikes and a newer carbon bike as well. The new bike looks and rides great. It also "works" for me that Scot Nicol is involved with the reborn Ibis. If the Ibis name was just sold off to someone, then it would lose some value - to some people anyway.
Schwinn would be the best example has to completely lose your valued identity.
We're all suckers a bit for branding and paying for a sticker on a downtube.
Still - "Made in Italy" means something special to old school bike geeks like me. Maybe the "kids" just don't worry about such matters.Oh yeah - on the Masi deal.
I used to feel the same way and yes - it does lose something in the process when it becomes a larger scale production type bike made in Asia.
However, I follow the Masiguy blog and Tim Jackson, Marketing Guy behind is all - certainly seems to live and breath bikes - and Masi.
That kind of attitude helps me get over my old school thoughts to a great degree. There's still some passion there behind the bikes.
There's still something for everyone. Get a production bike or pick a small builder and live that dream.
All in all - it's all good. We're talking bikes here after all.


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I recall reading that there was an unwritten rule to the effect that Roman Senators under the Empire were forbidden to visit Egypt without an express permission from the Emperor, on pain of death.
- Is my memory correct? If yes, can you supply a reference?
- If yes, is it known when this rule was rescinded?


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Suppliers' Day 2009 was "not just about ingredient efficacy," as Doug De Blasi of Biosil told C&T magazine, it was "also about efficiency—especially now." Tools to formulate surprising sensory effects and calculate the biorenewable carbon index in formulas, as well as how-to webinars and graduated pigment color cards were among approaches suppliers took to assist product formulators with finding efficiencies while formulating with their technologies.
Creating tools for formulators is not new; however, the greater focus by suppliers on doing so is noteworthy. In 2008, for instance, Lubrizol/Noveon introduced its SensiMap formulating concept to simplify the process of optimizing sensory properties in emulsion systems. The visual tool assists formulators in selecting the right combination of cross-linked acrylic rheology modifiers and emollient esters to match the desired formulation aesthetic profile. For instance, a formula can be tailored to have a light feel upon application and after rub-out, impart a heavier, moisture-rich sensation—or vice-versa. More recently, the company launched an online version of this tool, which formulators can register at no cost to interact with and find the appropriate products to match the desired end effects.
Stepan's Biorenewable Carbon Index (BCI) was introduced to provide a means for formulators to categorize the company's products while formulating eco-friendly product lines or "greening" formulations. The BCI is a single value based on the percent of carbon derived from biorenewable resources. Biorenewable, as defined by the company, refers to a material as being from animal, plant or marine origin. The BCI value is based on the number of biorenewable carbons divided by the total number of carbons in an idealized molecule. The guide and accompanying workbook are accessible online with a free registration and present the company's ingredients by BCI, trade name in alphabetical order, and by chemistry class. A glossary and several formulations also are included.
Following this move to digital trend, HallStar launched its StarNet media network showcasing webinars to teach formulators how to use its various products. Topics range from the introduction of polymer additives and improving product performance, to using the company's singlet and triplet photo-stabilizers to improve sun formulations. In addition, the group has started a Twitter account to provide formulators with live updates of new launches as well as news from exhibitions.
Getting more hands-on for color product formulators, BASF introduced a pigment color card demonstrating the effects of its new pigment across a spectrum of skin tones. According to the company, while traditional color cards tend to showcase pigments in light and dark applications only, this tool is different in that it spans a spectrum of skin tones to give a formulators a realistic sense of the pigment's effects. The new pigment showcased is based on TiO2-coated synthetic mica that imparts a clean, white color due to its transparent substrate and allows bold, sparkling color effects across the range of skin tones.
These tools are just a sampling of the creative thought occurring within technology providers not only to invent new technologies, but also to get creative in helping formulators to implement their solutions. As the world struggles with a tough economic environment, necessity will no doubt play a the "mother" role for invention.
-Rachel Grabenhofer, C&T magazine


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This report provides you with the rank of Recreation and Culture cost of living indexes as at April 2010 for each of our 282 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups).
Recreation and Culture costs include books, camera film, cinema ticket, DVD and CDs, sports goods, and theatre tickets.
The April 2010 recreation and culture international cost of living rank is as follows:
April Top Ten 2010 Rank Country, City
1 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
2 Vanuatu, Port Vila
3 Central African Republic, Bangui
4 Chad, NDjamena
5 Benin, Cotonou
6 Gabon, Libreville
7 Switzerland, Geneva
8 Switzerland, Zurich
9 Niger, Niamey
10 Solomon Islands, Honiara
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TURGEON, LOUIS, notary, jp, politician, militia officer, and seigneur; b. 10 April 1762 in Beaumont, Que., son of Louis Turgeon, a merchant, and Marie-Françoise Couillard; m. there 23 Nov. 1796 his cousin Geneviève Turgeon, and they had four children; d. 26 Sept. 1827 in Saint-Charles, Lower Canada.
Louis Turgeon belonged to the fourth generation of a family living at Beaumont since the late 17th century. Shortly after he was born his father moved to Quebec. Louis attended the Petit Séminaire de Québec, as did his half-brother Pierre-Flavien* subsequently. He studied there from 1772 till 1782, and then articled to become a notary. Licensed to practise on 25 Sept. 1792, he opened an office near Quebec, at Saint-Charles, the place from which he would draw most of his clients, who were largely farmers.
Even during his years of notarial training Turgeon had taken an interest in the political life of the province. In 1790, for example, he had signed a petition for a non-sectarian university [see Jean-François Hubert*], and in 1791 he had come out against a plan to replace seigneurial tenure with free and common socage [see Thomas-Laurent Bédard*]. In 1804 he was elected to the Lower Canadian House of Assembly for Hertford, along with Étienne-Féréol Roy. Turgeon was an assiduous member and took part in most crucial debates in the fourth parliament, which lasted from 1804 to 1808. As a general rule he supported the Canadian party. In addition he participated, often as chairman, in committees dealing with such varied matters as the organization of the militia, navigation on the St Lawrence, assembly accounts, fisheries in the district of Gaspé, road works, the administration of justice, and weights and measures. In 1805 he introduced a bill that was passed prohibiting the sale of goods and alcoholic beverages on Sundays.
Turgeon ran again in Hertford in the 1809 election but was defeated by physician François Blanchet. His retirement from political life was temporary, since he was returned for that riding in the 1816 election. His parliamentary activity was, however, limited to sitting on a few unimportant committees. He quit the assembly in 1818 on his appointment to the Legislative Council.
In the uneasy year of 1794 Turgeon had signed a declaration of loyalty to the crown. He had received a commission as justice of the peace for the district of Quebec that year, and obtained similar commissions for the districts of Montreal, Trois-Rivières, and Saint-François in 1821, and for Gaspé in 1824. On 8 April 1812 he attained the rank of major in the Saint-Vallier battalion of militia. He served in the War of 1812 and in 1821 became lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Saint-Vallier battalion.
Turgeon had inherited part of the seigneury of Beaumont through his mother, who had died in 1768, and as a result of various transactions between 1816 and 1819 he became the principal seigneur. He personally managed his fief, which, by the time he took possession, had been almost entirely granted out, and he saw to it that the domain reserved to him as seigneur made a profit. In 1819 he was the agent in the parish of Saint-Charles for the Quebec District Agriculture Society.
Louis Turgeon had four children. His sons, Louis, who died in 1826, and Hubert, became notaries. One of his daughters, Geneviève, died in 1818; the other, Marie-Ermine, married the Patriote Louis-Michel Viger*. When he died in 1827, Turgeon, who was by then a widower, left the seigneury of Beaumont to his son Hubert's first male heir. Hubert, however, had the right of possession and also inherited Turgeon's other real and personal property, but he died the following year. Marie-Ermine received £3,000.
Louis Turgeon's minute-book, which contains 5,426 instruments notarized between 1792 and 1826, is kept at ANQ-Q, CN2-46.
AC, Québec, Holograph will of Louis Turgeon, 22 déc. 1827 (see P.-G. Roy, Inv. testaments, 3: 148). ANQ-Q, CE1-4, 10 avril 1762, 23 nov. 1796; CE2-4, 4 mars 1818, 13 juill. 1826, 29 sept. 1827, 18 juill. 1828; CN1-230, 25 juill. 1793, 27 mars 1795, 4 juill. 1816. ASQ, Fichier des anciens. PAC, RG 68, General index, 1651–1841. L.C., House of Assembly, Journals, 1805–9, 1817. Quebec Gazette, 4 Nov. 1790; 24 March 1791; 27 Sept. 1792; 3, 10 July 1794; 27 Dec. 1804; 2 June 1808; 20 April 1809; 22 Feb. 1810; 27 April 1812; 23 Feb. 1815; 16 May 1816; 5 March 1818; 8 April 1819; 7 Sept. 1820; 7 June 1821. F.-J. Audet, "Les législateurs du Bas-Canada." Desjardins, Guide parl., 129-30. Officers of British forces in Canada (Irving), 147–48. Turcotte, Le Conseil législatif, 93. P.-G. Roy, À travers l'histoire de Beaumont (Lévis, Qué., 1943), 35–38. "L'honorable Louis Turgeon," BRH, 34 (1928): 255.
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When I was in journalism school back in the late 1980s, gathering data for a story usually involved hours of poring over printed documents or microfiche.
A lot has changed since then. While printed resources are still useful, more and more information is available to journalists on the web. That's helped fuel a boom in what's come to be known as data journalism. At its most basic, data journalism is the act of finding and telling stories using data—like census data, crime statistics, demographics, and more.
There are a number of powerful and expensive tools that enable journalists to gather, clean, analyze, and visualize data for their stories. But many smaller or struggling news organizations, let alone independent journalists, just don't have to budget for those tools. But that doesn't mean they're out in the cold.
There are a number of solid open source tools for data journalists that do the job both efficiently and impressively. This article looks at six tools that can help data journalists get the information that they need.
Grabbing the data
Much of the data that journalists find on the web they can download as a spreadsheet or as CSV or PDF files. But there's a lot of information that's embedded in web pages. Instead of manually copying and pasting that information, a trick just about every data journalist uses is scraping. Scraping is the act of using an automated tool to grab information embedded in a web page, often in the form of an HTML table.
If you, or someone in your organization, is of a technical bent then Scrapy might be the tool for you. Written in Python, Scrapy is a command line tool that can quickly extract structured data from web pages. Scrapy is a bit challenging to install and set up, but once it's up and running you can take advantage of a number of useful features. Python savvy programmers can also quickly extend those features.
Spreadsheets are one of the basic tools of the data journalist. In the open source world, LibreOffice Calc is the most widely-used spreadsheet editor. Calc isn't just for viewing and manipulating data. By taking advantage of its Web Page Query import filter, you can point Calc to a web page containing data in tables and grab one or all of the tables on page. While it's not as fast or efficient as Scrapy, Calc gets the job done nicely.
Dealing with PDFs
Whether by accident or by design, a lot of data on the web is locked in PDF files. Many of those PDFs can contain useful information. If you've done any work with PDFs, you know that getting data out of them can be a chore.
That's where DocHive, a tool developed by the Raleigh Public Record for extracting data from PDFs, comes in. DocHive works with PDFs created from scanned documents. It analyzes the PDF, separates it into smaller pieces, and then uses optical character recognition to read the text and inject the text into a CSV file. Read more about DocHive in this article.
Tabula is similar to DocHive. It's designed to grab tabular information in a PDF and convert it to a CSV file or a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. All you need to do is find a table in the PDF, select the table, and let Tabula do the rest. It's fast and efficient.
Cleaning your data
Often, the data you'll grab may contain spelling and formatting errors or problems with character encoding. That makes the data inconsistent and unreliable, and makes cleaning the data essential.
If you have a small data set, one that consists of a few hundred rows of information, then you can use LibreOffice Calc and your eyeballs to do the cleanup. But if you have larger data sets, doing the job manually will be a long, slow, inefficient process.
Instead, turn to OpenRefine. It automates the process of manipulating and cleaning your data. OpenRefine can sort your data, automatically find duplicate entries, and reorder your data. The real power of OpenRefine comes from facets. Facets are like filters in spreadsheets that let you zoom in on specific rows of data. You can use facets to ferret out blank cells and duplicate data, as well as see how often certain values appear in the data.
OpenRefine can do a lot more than that. You can get an idea about what OpenRefine can do by browsing the documentation.
Visualizing your data
Having the data and writing a story with it is all well and good. A good graphic based on that data can be a boon when trying to summarize, communicate, and understand data. That explains the popularity of infographics on the web and in print.
You don't need to be a graphic design wizard to create an effective visualization. If your needs aren't too complex, Data Wrapper can create effective visualizations. It's an online tool that breaks creating a visualization into four steps: copy data from a spreadsheet, describe your data, choose the type of image you want, then generate the graphic. You don't get a wide range of image types with Data Wrapper, but the process couldn't be easier.
Obviously, this isn't an exhaustive list of open source data journalism tools. But the tools discussed in this article provide a solid platform for a journalism organization on a budget, or even an intrepid freelancer, to use data to generate story ideas and to back those stories up.


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After writing this post on somone hacking QR codes, Hack A Day commenters came out in full force posting some really cool links about modifying QR codes to include a logo. I'll fully admit I geeked out a little, but in the process I figured out some of the theory behind embedding logos in QR codes.
After getting my hands on the ISO 18004 specification for QR codes, I decided to try embedding the Hack A Day skull & wrenches inside a QR code. The tools I used were Photoshop, this QR code generator, and Microsoft Paint (I've never seen a program to edit individual pixels that has a better UI, so don't laugh).
For this 'how-to,' I'm going to walk through the process of modifying a Version 6 QR code. The Version 6 QR code is 41 pixels square, and is a very good balance between the amount of data that can be presented and the physical size of the code itself. The graphic below shows what is absolutely required of a Version 6 QR code standard. In practice, what is actually necessary is a little different, but I'll just go with the specs for now.
Black in this graphic will always be black, white pixels in this graphic will always be white, red is a "keep out zone," and gray is "don't care." The alternating black and white band on the top and left side of the QR code is the 'timing pattern.' This is the little bit that divides everything on the QR code into columns and rows. The gray part of this graphic is separated into 172 8-pixel zones, as shown below:
If anyone wants to 4-color map theorem this, I'll gladly update it.
Some of these zones are non-contiguous, so I drew black lines connecting the corresponding parts. Each of these 8-pixel parts translate into one byte of data in an alphanumeric QR code. Now, the million dollar question: why is knowing how the bytes are arranged in a QR code important? The answer is with a high level of error correction, about 30% of these bytes can be complete gibberish, and your phone will still be able to read the QR code. with 172 areas, that means about 51 of them can be altered in any way, shape or form.
So, how do we implement this? First, we start out with a crappily-drawn Hack A Day logo:
It's important to include both positive and negative space when designing this logo. If there wasn't a white border going around the logo, the random black and white pixels would be placed right against the logo. Of course, I'm sure someone will come up with a great design that ignores this technique, but I'll just do it this way for now. After overlaying the Hack A Day logo on top of the color map of the QR code, we get this:
Then we physically count the number of 8 pixel cells that are obscured by the logo. Since we're doing a Version 6 QR code, about 51 of these cells can be covered up. It looks like this graphic is okay, so we move onto the next step: putting a real QR code in this thing.
I used this site to generate all my QR codes for this post. It allows you to select the QR version number and the error correction level. After typing in "http://www.hackaday.com" as the code I want embedded, I ended up with this:
This little guy is going on our business cards.
That's all well and good, but what if you want to put a logo in a QR code that a little bit larger than what would 'normally' be permitted? What if, for example, you wanted to tread into the timing area on the top and left side of a QR code? This is where design comes in. If a logo already has alternating black and white pixels, like the AT&T 'Death Star' for example, it's fairly easy to have that logo overlap the timing pattern.
Yes, I used a Version 14 QR code for this, meaning it's 73 pixels on a side. I did come up with smaller one, but it really doesn't look as good.
Notice the blue bars. QR code interpreters don't care if a pixel is white, black, red, orange, or maroon – only contrast matters. Since the blue in Big Blue is fairly dark, it registers as a dark pixel. This can be exploited by adding both visual contrast and getting rid of the 1-pixel border that is required of a 1-bit graphic.
If the Firefox logo had a white border, the logo would cover more than 30% of the QR code. Putting in a full color graphic – especially one that defines itself from a background with a dark edge like an icon – gets around the need for a white border all the way around a logo. I'm sure there are more clever ways of toying with the palette of a logo, but I'll let that go for another time.
But wait, there's more. I'm not limited to the resolution of the QR code – I can overlay stuff at a higher resolution than the QR. This observation led me to this:
Yes, it works.
I'm hoping this how-to was at least a little helpful in demonstrating how logos can be put into QR codes. If you've got a neat example of this, leave a note in the comments or send it in on the tip line.


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Kagame's Republic Republic of Rwanda Rwanda | |||||
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Motto: "Land of the Free? Home of the Dead" "All Your Base are Belong to Paul Kagame" | |||||
Anthem: "Everyone has AIDS (Team America soundtrack)" | |||||
Capital | Wherever Kagame Feels like | ||||
Largest city | Wherever Kagame feels should be the largest | ||||
Official language(s) | Whatever Kagame is speaking at the time | ||||
Government | Kagame's Democracy | ||||
President | Paul Kagame | ||||
National hero(es) | Paul Kagame | ||||
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1994 Since Paul Kagame stepped in | ||||
Currency | Paul Kagame's money | ||||
Religion | Paul Kagame's religion | ||||
Population | However many people Kagame allows to live |
"Yo, where's Hotel Rwanda at, cause I gots to be chillin' in style..."
The Republic of Rwanda, also know simply as Rwanda in general, or "Rewinder" by a certain ex US-president, is a war-torn and conflicted country, according to the mass media and liberal celebrities who have never been there before. It is small, land-locked and can be found in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by its more peaceful neighbours; Uganda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania. Home to approaching 6 Billion people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, if not planet Earth. A verdant country of fertile and hilly terrain, the small republic bears the title "Land of a Thousand Hills That Have Eyes" (French: Pays de Milles Collines qui ont des terror).
The country has received considerable international attention due to its 1994 mass genocide, in which between 800,000 and one million people were killed. Current president Paul Kagame has since referred to this in interviews and his online twitter blog as "Spring Cleaning", further commenting that he is looking forward to another one in 2013. It appears he does not realise that most of the people killed were from his own political party. It has been noted by charities such as Action Aid and Bob Geldof's New Attention Seeking Attempt that three quarters of the population live below the poverty line of US$1.25 a day. While undesirable, it has still been held to be adequate when compared to 9/10's of the UK population living below their poverty line of £0.50p a week.
It is unknown when the territory of present day Rwanda was first inhabited, but it is thought that humans moved into the area at least 40 years ago. Archaeological excavations and an article from The New York Times have revealed evidence of sparse settlement by people trying to escape from the poverty and warfare of Uganda, followed by a larger population of guerrilla terrorists who sought more space for their battles and skirmishes.
In 1985, Germany claimed Rwanda as its own territory and colonised its people after signing an agreement with the chief Warlord in exchange for him to have his very own computer (a rare commodity at the time, although highly obsolete now). Amnesty International, highly outraged, condemned this action, and after two years of filling out paper-work, finally sent a representative, Hans Blix, to investigate. He spent a year living in Rwanda's finest palace at the leisure of Chief Warlord Juvénal Habyarimana. Hans Blix brought board games to play including Guess Who, Cluedo, and Monopoly as a gift for the leader's hospitality. Finally compiling his report, Blix rang the Kaiser on the phone, and told him that he was a "very naughty, naughty man", and that he should be ashamed of himself. The Kaiser said he was sorry, and that he didn't mean to do it. Blix accepted his apology, and since it was the only time he could remember where a German leader had tried to enslave an ethnic race, he let the Kaiser keep Rwanda and its people, but only if he would promise to feed them every day.
Unfortunately, the Kaiser did not know what Rwandan people ate, and so abandoned his colonisation, making the country independent once again. The Kaiser also took all the food that was there in the first place so he wouldn't get hungry whilst on his plane flight back to Germany, putting the country in greater poverty than before. Depression in Rwanda finally spiraled out of control after Chief Warlord Habyarimana decided to take time off from video game competitions in order to focus on his dictatorship.
Civil War and Genocide
In 1994, a Tutsi tribe member started a Facebook group entitled "President Habyarimana is a big Hutsi Meanie!". Unwilling to tolerate this threat to national security, President Habyarimana ordered them to close down the group, or else he would take away their ability to poke other Facebook Users. Unable to tolerate this, Paul Kagame, a prominent member of the Facebook group,
wrote on Habyarimana's profile wall, "U r gay and now u r deAd no0b! lolz". Kagame then launched a surface to air missile at President Habyarimana's jet plane, killing him and his vice president. This was further confirmed from a Twitter post Habyarimana made just before the missile hit, saying "0h sh!t, s0me guy jst launched a m!s$ile at ma plane". After Habyarimana's funeral, his will was read out which stated:
- "If you are reading this, I am dead and I am sure you will be missing me very much. I have only a few requests, so I would be most grateful if you could carry them out. #1: I would like to be buried with my Gameboy, as it is my most prized possession. #2: I would like my funeral casket to have Super-Mario engraved on the lid. And finally #3: Please treat the Tutsi tribe with respect and kindness, as they are no different from us Hutsis, and I have always wanted to get along with them even if doesn't seem like it. So please be nice... unless it is they who killed me, in which case I want you TO OBLITERATE THOSE NOOBS! I'M PUTTING AN ORDER 66 ON THEIR ASSES!!! Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed the service."
The government instated Colonel Bagasora as the new leader of Rwanda, and he respectfully carried out his wishes of the late Habyarimana. Between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people were killed for being part of the Tutsi Facebook group. However, seeing as he was so busy conducting mass genocide, he did not notice that Paul Kagame and his army, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, had been slowly but steadily progressing round the country and capturing Hutsi territories. They eventually had full control of the country, finishing their campaign in Paul Kagame's favorite style; by launching a missile into the Government building with Colonel Bagasora and all the remaining Hutsu leaders and dignitaries still inside it. Paul Kagame then instated himself as President of Rwanda, and things are just about as bad as they were before have never been better.
Post-Civil War
After President Kagame took control, his political party, the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) wrote the record of events for what encyclopedias, history books and people's mouths should say about the Rwandan Genocide and civil war. It was made a crime to question the government's version of the genocide, punishable by death because it is bad to say things that are factually wrong, as others may still believe it even if it is obviously wrong... Paul Kagame doesn't kill people for little reason...
The first elections since the invasion of Rwanda by Kagame's forces in 1990 (and the subsequent creation of a military government by Kagame in 1994) were held in 2003, with Kagame winning unanimously by 100% of the votes. Indeed, no other political parties were allowed to vote due to the law punishing anyone considered to be an opposing political presence, but the fact that he actually bothered to hold an election is still an encouraging example of Kagame's commitment to democracy and freedom in Rwanda.
Rwanda today struggles to heal and rebuild, but shows signs of rapid development. Since 2000, the Rwandan government has expressed interest in transforming the country to a knowledge-based economy, and plans to provide high-speed broadband across the entire country. Kagame even boasts that the country will have its own version of the Internet, in which there will be special government monitors to check what sites you are looking at, and see if you need any help looking for something.
In a pledge of goodwill, George W. Bush, on behalf of the US, sent $200 worth of Lego bricks to aid Kagame in rebuilding. Tony Blair also had his wife, Cherie, make Kagame a packed Lunch to take with him back to Rwanda after having talks about expanding and rebuilding the Rwandan economy.
The transport system in Rwanda centres primarily around one singular yellow-brick road, made when Habyarimana was still in office. This reference to The Wizard of Oz is lost on most of Rwanda's inhabitants as unlike their previous president, most of them are not in love with American Culture. Rwanda has an international airport at Kigali, serving one domestic and several international destinations, however it is still not recommended as it is social custom in most provinces of Rwanda for an armed civilian to fire their weaponry at any overhead planes.
There is no public water transport system in Rwanda, as the slow speed and relatively small aiming distance when compared to aircraft makes it futile to try and pilot a boat through any canals or rivers in Rwanda. The principal form of public transport in the country is the armored share-taxi, with express routes linking the major cities and local services serving most villages along the main roads of the country. Usually accompanied by trained mercenaries acting as security staff, this is easily the safest method of transportation in Rwanda. Armored Coach services are also recommended for trips into the more dangerous inner-city sections.
Communication used to be strictly forbidden in Rwanda. Thankfully, Kagame has loosened his grip on it in the past few years. The use of fixed telephone landlines is not widespread in the country, with the usual way of accessing this being a small booth occupied by an armed security guard to help you with any dialing or connection problems.
Internet cafes are highly popular, and generally provide cheap but slow connections, with an armed computer technician for every computer.
The postal system is mostly reliable. Those wishing to receive post must register and pay for annually, a Post Office Box at the Post Office. Before a piece of mail is sent, an armed Post Office mail coordinator must inspect a package's contents and check any letters for spelling and grammar mistakes.
There is one national television station: Rwanda Television which broadcasts feeds from various international broadcasters during the day. The evening programming largely consists of locally produced news programming repeated in Kinyarwanda, English and French.
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SEATTLE » After the bruising battle over Kennewick Man died down, Jim Chatters kept a low profile.
As the first scientist to study the skeleton unearthed in Eastern Washington almost two decades ago, Chatters was embroiled in a controversy over race and cultural identity stirred up by the 9,500-year-old bones. His assertion that the mystery man didn't look anything like modern Native Americans infuriated Northwest Tribes, who consider the remains those of an ancestor and sued for the right to rebury what they call the Ancient One.
Now the Bothell archaeologist is back in the spotlight with another set of prehistoric bones, along with DNA evidence that helps resolve a long-standing puzzle about the first Americans. The findings also suggest — but don't prove — that the tribes may have been right about Kennewick Man all along.
The new discovery comes from a spectacular underwater cave on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Divers stumbled across a trove of prehistoric animal bones and one of the oldest, most complete human skeletons in the Western Hemisphere.
In Thursday's issue of the journal Science, Chatters and an international team of 15 experts report that the human remains are those of a teenage girl, who apparently took a fatal tumble into the limestone cavern between 12,000 and 13,000 years ago, before slowly rising seas engulfed the formation.
The divers who found the skeleton named her "Naia," Greek for water nymph.
The young woman's skeleton shares many of the physical traits that led Chatters to question Kennewick Man's relationship to modern Native Americans. "Even though she is extremely feminine looking and he is very masculine, they look a lot alike," he said.
Both skeletons have narrow brain cases, short faces and prominent foreheads typical of people from the Pacific Rim, Australia and Africa.
Native Americans more closely resemble people from northeast Asia. That jibes with genetic studies documenting their descent from Siberians believed to have migrated east into the land mass that once linked Asia and Alaska, and thence into the Americas beginning about 17,000 years ago.
To explain why the bones of the Western Hemisphere's oldest inhabitants — called paleoamericans — have such an unexpected appearance, Chatters and other scientists hypothesized that the Americas were colonized twice in prehistoric times: First by people from Southeast Asia or even Europe, then by migrants from Siberia.
But DNA extracted from Naia's teeth changed his mind.
Genetic analyses conducted at Washington State University and other labs show a clear link between the girl in the cave and modern Native Americans.
The study is the first to show that despite having unusual features, at least one paleoamerican — Naia — is descended from the same ancestors as modern Native Americans, said WSU anthropologist Brian Kemp.
That means the physical differences must be due to evolution, as the earliest human occupants adapted to their new environments in the Western Hemisphere.
"For nearly 20 years, since Kennewick Man turned up, I've been wondering why these early people looked so different from Native Americans," Chatters said. "This is one step toward resolving that issue."
The study supports the traditional view that most of the people who colonized the Americas had their roots in northeast Asia, whether they came via a Bering land bridge or by sea, said University of New Mexico anthropologist James Dixon, who was not involved in the project.
"It's a very sound piece of work, and it makes a lot of sense," he said. "All the DNA evidence we have on these early skeletons — which is very meager — points to the northeast Asian origin," he said.
But that doesn't rule out the possibility of colonists from other parts of the world, he added.
It's hard to draw sweeping conclusions from a single skeleton, cautioned Smithsonian Institution archaeologist Dennis Stanford. Based on similarities between spear points and stone tools, Stanford is convinced that some of the first people to settle North America came from Europe — and there's nothing in the new study to rule that out, he said.
DNA has only been extracted from four sets of human remains in the Western Hemisphere older than 10,000 years. Naia's skeleton, which includes all the major bones and a full set of teeth, is the most complete.
Alberto Nava, one of the divers who discovered the skeleton in 2007, said he and his colleagues swam through a mile-long tunnel before reaching a chamber the size of a basketball arena. They named it Hoyo Negro, or Black Hole, because it was so vast their underwater lights barely penetrated the darkness.
Heaps of bones on the chamber floor, nearly 150 feet below sea level, later were identified as those of sabertooth cats, elephant-like creatures called gomphotheres and giant sloths. Naia's bones were lying on a small ledge.
The girl probably fell through a sinkhole into the chamber, which at that time was above sea level, Chatters said. Her pelvis was broken. "I think she died almost instantly, if not instantly," he said.
Over the past three years, Chatters worked with divers and Mexican scientists to study her skeleton. Because the bones are fragile and their position in the cave is important to piecing together the scientific puzzle, much of the analysis was conducted underwater by professional divers.
Part of the skeleton was removed to a museum for safe keeping in March, after unauthorized divers moved the skull and broke several bones.
Dating the bones was difficult because the collagen used for standard radiocarbon analysis had decayed away. The scientists got a radiocarbon date from tooth enamel, and used an isotopic method to date small rosettes of calcium carbonate deposited on the bones by water dripping from the roof of the cave.
The researchers estimated that the cave was flooded about 10,000 years ago, as the last ice age came to an end and melting glaciers raised sea levels around the world.
Naia's third molar was shipped to Kemp's lab at WSU for DNA extraction. He didn't think it was going to work because the tooth was in such bad shape. But he was wrong.
"I was surprised at how easy it was," he said.
Kemp enlisted colleagues at two other universities to verify the results.
In the first pass, the scientists only sequenced a tiny fraction of girl's genome located in cell structures called mitochondria passed down along maternal lines. But they hope to extend their analysis soon, Kemp said.
Although the new study didn't deal directly with Kennewick Man, the findings raise questions about the fate of the skeleton that remains locked away at the University of Washington's Burke Museum.
After a lengthy custody battle with Northwest tribes and federal agencies, a group of scientists led by Smithsonian anthropologist Doug Owsley was allowed to study the bones in 2006.
Owsley, who declined to comment on the new report, said his team's book-length manuscript will be published this fall. Owsley is steadfast in his belief, based on physical features, that the ancient man is not genetically linked to the tribes who still hope to lay the bones to rest someday.
Scientists would love to extract DNA from Kennewick Man, but the agencies who control access to the skeleton won't allow it. Without those results, it's impossible to know if Kennewick Man would share Naia's genetic affinity with Native Americans. But the results from Mexico add ammunition to the tribes' argument that just because his head is shaped differently from theirs, doesn't mean they aren't related, Kemp said.
"If DNA is ever obtained from Kennewick Man, my prediction is that he's Native American," he said. "I have no reason to believe that he could be anything else."


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Socio Economy Sample Model Paper Answer for banks and others PO Clerk
1.The President of India appoints the Chairman and Members of the National Human RightsCommission on whose recommendations?
(A)Prime Minister of India
(B)Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C)Home Minister
(D)Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(E)All of the Above
Ans. (E) All of the Above
2.In which year India ratified International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ?
Ans. (E) 1979
3.In which of the following cities is located the technology center of Unique Identification Authority of India?
Ans. (E) Bangalore
4.The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) links 37 constituent laboratories with diverse research portfolios as varied as drug discovery to oceanography. Recently we read in the newspapers that CSIR's latest imitative is launching of an Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Programme. What is the main purpose of Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Programme?
(A)To make India a hub of drug research and development
(B)To bring the scientists of the world under one roof
(C)To bring down the costs of the new drugs and make them affordable to all
(D)To make India self reliant in Drug production
(E)All of above
Ans. (C) To bring down the costs of the new drugs and make them affordable to all
5.On the recommendation of which of the following committees the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been releasing money of the Centers share of recapitalization assistance to the primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) in various states to introduce
cooperative reforms ?
(A)N R Narayanmurthy Committee
(B)Prof A. Vaidyanathan Committee
(C)K Madhav Das Committee
(D)R Gandhi Committee
(E)None of them
Ans. (B)Prof A. Vaidyanathan Committee
6.Express Remit is the brand name of a remittance facility by which of the following banks?
(A)State Bank of India
(B)Punjab National Bank
(C)Bank of Baroda
(D)ICICI Bank
(E)HDFC Bank
Ans. (A) State Bank of India
7.Which among the following is the most important source region of NRI remittances to India ?
(A)North America
(C)Middle East
(D)Asia Pacific
(E)South America
Ans. (A) North America
8.As per the guidelines issued by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in February 2009, any company with more than what fraction of foreign equity should be considered as a foreign company?
Ans. (A) 51%
9.To achieve 100% financial Inclusion in India, Reserve Bank of India had had issued a circular in July 2009 permitting cash withdrawals of up to Rs 1,000 per day from PoS (Point of sale) terminals at merchant establishments. Recently which of the following bank has become first Bank of India to offer this facility?
(A)State Bank of India
(B)Punjab National Bank
(C)Bank of India
(D)Union Bank of India
(E)UCO Bank
Ans. (D) Union Bank of India
10.Which among the following sector of Indian Economy is maximum dependent on economic developments in advanced nations?
(A)Manufacturing Sector
(B)Agricultural Sector
(C)Mining Sector
(D)Textile Sector
(E)Services Sector
Ans. (E) Services Sector
11.Many a times we read in the newspapers that Government of India is promoting private investment in the country through PPP mode that is Public private partnership. What is the target of the private sector investment in the country by 2012 ?
(A)$ 150 Billion
(B)$ 200 Billion
(C)$ 300 Billion
(D)$ 400 Billion
(E)None of them
Ans. (B) $ 200 Billion
12.Which among the following country has been consistently on the top slot for last four years and this year too in the latest version of World Bank's annual report "Doing Business 2010″?
(B)New Zea Land
(E)South Korea
Ans. (C) Singapore
13.What is Doing Business 2010 rank of India?
Ans. (D) 133, last year it was 132 and it has gone down by 1
14.As per the World Bank Report, which among the following in India is comparatively easy for outsiders planning to do business here?
(A)Dealing with Construction Permits
(B)Registering Property
(C)Getting Credit
(D)Enforcing Contracts
(E)Employing Workers
Ans. (C) Getting Credit
15.Which among the following cities ranks first in ease of doing business in India?
Ans. (D) Ludhiana
16.For the first time in India, in which of the following Budgets "basic reforms in the international financial and trading system " was stressed in India?
Ans. (C) 1983
17.The recently presented Economic Survey says " India's unpardonably large bureaucratic costs are like a valuable resource buried under the ground, waiting to be excavated and used" . The unpardonably large bureaucratic costs refer here to which of the following?
(A)Cost incurred in recruitment and training of bureaucrats
(B)Costs incurred in getting a project cleared in government offices as bribes
(C)Hidden Costs due to unwanted delay in projects approval
(D)Low efficiency of the bureaucracy of the country due to political instability
(E)All of the above
Ans. (C) Hidden Costs due to unwanted delay in projects approval
18.Bring out the incorrect statement regarding India's textile sector:
(A)India's textile and clothing sector currently employs 35 million people
(B)After agriculture it is second largest provider of employment
(C)Textile sector has a tendency to shrink as the GDP and Economy grows
(D)Textile sector is a major absorber of low-skilled labor
(E)All of above are correct statements
Ans. (C) statement C is incorrect. This natural tendency has been seen in agriculture sector and not in textile sector
19.Year 2009-10 was a time of inflationary concerns for our country witnessing unusual double digit inflation. In the history of Independent India, which among the following decades had shown 3 consecutive years of double-digit, food price inflation?
Ans. (A) 1970s. 1972-73-74
20.Who among the following is the chairman of the Technology Advisory Group which has the mandate to fix the framework for large and transformational IT projects of the government?
(A)Kaushik Basu
(B)C Rangrajan
(C)Nandan Nilkeni
(D)Ashowk Chawla
(E)None of them
Ans. (C) Nandan Nilkeni
21.The following options A to E are news headlines related to Union Budget 2010 , taken from some financial newspapers. Among them bring out the one that deals with Transfer Payments ?
(A)Government projects Rs. 248664 crore for Interest payments
(B)Government projects Rs. 301331 as corporation tax in 2010-11
(C)Government will spend Rs. 60000 Crore on Defense in 2010-11
(D)The Subsidy has been Reduced from Rs. 131025 crore to 116224 crore in Union Budget 2010
(E)The government pitches for Rs. 40000 crore for Disinvestment
Ans. (D) The Subsidy has been Reduced from Rs. 131025 crore to 116224 crore in Union Budget 2010
22.In which of the following example the marginal productivity is close to zero?
(A)7 people working in a bank branch and 3 more join them after a massive recruitment drive of the bank
(B)7 people from a family working in a farm and 3 more join to them because they lost their jobs due to poor markets
(C)7 teachers teaching in a school and 3 more join them to teach 3 different subjects to a class of 100 students
(D)7 people are recruited by a company in unreserved category and 3 more recruited one of them was a physically disabled person
(E)None of them
Ans. (B) Option B is an example of Hidden Unemployment
23.As we all know that economic liberalization began in true sense in July 1991 in India. Which among the following was the first step of the government while taking the country towards Economic Liberalization?
(A)Substantial changes in industrial license policy were made
(B)The Rupee was made convertible
(C)Procedural formalities for Foreign direct Investment were removed
(D)The government significantly reduced the taxes
(E)The Government launched a highly focused Foreign Trade Policy
Ans. (A) Substantial changes in industrial license policy were made
24.Who among the following is not a member of National Development Council?
(A)The Prime Minister of India
(B)The President of India
(C)The members of Planning Commission
(D)The Chief Minister of states
(E)All of above are members
Ans. (B) The President of India
25.Bhoodan Yojna which was a measure of gifting land by the rich landlords to the poor laborers was initiated by whom among the following?
(A)Acharya Narendra Dev
(B)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(C)Raj Naraina
(D)Medha patkar
(E)Swami Sundaranand
Ans. (B) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
26.As per 2001 census, which among the following states had lowest density of population per sq. kms?
(E)Arunachal Pradesh
Ans. (E) Arunachal Pradesh
27.In a condition of monopoly, the monopolist has a control over the price he charges for his product. In which of the following conditions he will be able to maximize his profits?
(A)Lowering the prices if the demand curve is elastic
(B)Lowering the price, if the demand curve is inelastic
(C)Raising the price, if the demand curve is elastic
(D)In all of above situation
(E)in none of the above situations
Ans. (A) Lowering the prices if the demand curve is elastic
28.A competitive firm maximizes its profit when _______?
(E)None of the above
Ans. (B) MR=MC
29.Rs. 10000 are realized after selling 100 units and Rs. 14000 are realized after selling 120 Units. In this example, Rs. 200 is ________?
(A)Price per unit
(B)marginal cost
(C)marginal profit
(D)marginal revenue
(E)maximum profit
Ans (D) Marginal Revenue
30.Who among the following is India's current Minister of State (Expenditure & Financial Services)?
(A)S S Palanimanickam
(B)Namo Narain Meena
(C)Dinsha J. Patel
(D)Jitin Prasada
(E)None of them
Ans. (B) Namo Narian Meena
31.What is the current limit for collateral free loansto micro and small enterprises (MSEs) sector in India?
(A)Rs. 5 Lakh
(B)Rs. 10 Lakh
(C)Rs. 15 Lakh
(D)Rs. 8 Lakh
(E)None of them
Ans. (A) Rs. 5 Lakh
32.As we read in the newspapers that Reserve bank of India is introducing Base rate System which shall be the new reference rate for determining lending rates for banks. The Base Rate System would bring in more transparency to loan pricing for customers. On which date is being introduced in India?
(A)April 1, 2010
(B)June 1, 2010
(C)July 1, 2010
(D)January 1, 2011
(E)April 1, 2011
Ans. (C) July 1, 2010
33.Recently RBI has released on its website, the report of the Committee on Comprehensive Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies. Who among the following is the chairman of this committee?
(A)Dr. K.P. Krishnan
(B)Subir Gokarn
(C)Ashok Chawla
(D)Shri Vipin Malik
(E)Dr A.Vasudevan
Ans. (A) Dr. K. P. Krishnan
34."On-line Electric Vehicle,"(OELV) is world ' s first commercial wireless electric vehicle. It was launched on March 9, 2010 in which of the following countries?
(B)United States
(C)South Korea
Ans. (C) South Korea
35.With traded over 161 million contracts in 2009 , MCX has in February 2010 became word's ______largest commodity Exchange?
Ans. (E) Sixth
36.Recently we read in the newspapers that attorney generals of seven states of United States are investigating over the charges over world's largest seed producer that it has abused its market power to lock out competitors and raise prices. Which of the following companies is this world's largest seed producer?
(B)McKenzie Seeds
(C)Burpee Seeds
(E)Unwins Seeds
Ans. (D) Monsanto
37.Recently Bt varieties Bollgard-I and Bollgard-II were amid news as the reports in various news papers say that Bollgard-I has been phased out in many countries and Bolgard-II are preferred. These verities are of ________?
(A)Bt Cotton
(B)Bt Brinjal
(C)Bt Tomato
(D)Bt Potato
(E)None of them
Ans. (A) Bt Cotton
38.Which among the following is the largest importer of Indian marine products as we read in the newspapers that it has decided to adopt the 20 per cent sampling method on Indian marine Products, especially shrimp, from April 2010 which shall lead to difficulty in exports?
(C)United States
(D)European Union
Ans. (D) European Union
39.Which among the following organizations holds the largest stake in India's top depository, National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)?
(A)National Stock Exchange
(B)IDBI Bank
(C)Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI)
(D)Bombay Stock Exchange
(E)None of them
Ans. (B) IDBI Bank
40.What is Amfis related to in India?
(B)Mutual Funds
(C)Marketing & Finance
(D)Power Industry
(E)Information Technology
Ans. (B)Mutual Funds Association of Mutual Funds of India (Amfis)
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Khyber Strike DLC Pack
The "Khyber Strike DLC Pack" includes the following content: • 1 New MP mode, "Takeover": Eliminating enemies scores points for your team. Tip the scales by taking control of your enemy's objective and earning a score multiplier to your team. • 3 new MP maps: o Switchback: Enter a maze of ancient buildings and narrow alleys. Here, every corner turns into a close-quarters deathtrap. o Palace: What once was a museum with a massive courtyard at its heart is now a contested battlefield. o Transit: Trains going through this Moscow metro station add to the danger as Ghosts and Bodark fight underground. • 1 new map for Guerrilla mode, "Village" : Long alleyways between war-damaged buildings in this once peaceful village make a perfect hunting ground for snipers, and a shootout near the town's gas station could turn explosive. • New achievements • Level cap +10 ORIGINAL GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER GAME REQUIRED TO ACCESS "KHYBER STRIKE DLC" CONTENT.
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The Fire of the Mountain Part 2
Upon reaching the entrance, you'll find Karn fighting some constructs. Join in and help him clear the area. Once done, talk to him about Muria's craft to advance the sidequest then select the other two options to proceed with the story. After he lowers the drawbridge, head to the right first to loot the chest then enter the dungeon afterward.
Sleeping Cauldron
Push the switch to the right to open the door. Head to the main chamber and head to the right. You should find a shadowbomb there. Grab one, enter free aim then throw it at the switch to unbar the northern door.
Before leaving, grab another shadowbomb and run to the west. You should see some crystal spikes there. Throw the shadowbomb to the crystals to destroy them. You should now be able to loot the two chests there.
Fiery Chamber
Head north twice then look down the ramp of the fiery chamber to find a Boatman Coin. Use the hand-holds to the left then back leap. Make your way to the right and you'll find another scalable wall to your immediate left.
Climb up the wall then extend the wall-run using the handhold. Immediately focus and jump back to reach the hanging post. Hop across the wooden beams and use the hand-holds again to perform wall runs until you reach the vine wall. Drop down and use a shadowbomb to trigger the switch.
Finding the Dungeon Map
Head to the next area and you'll be ambushed by constructs, including a new enemy type, Construct Adjuncts. Use the open space to evade often. Defeat them all to unlock the next door. Grab the Dungeon Map from the chest along the way then proceed to the next open area. You'll find a Stalker there fighting some constructs.
Hunting the Stalker
Join the fray and concentrate your attacks first on the stalker as it can withstand much more punishment. Use Wrath Moves as necessary to give you an edge in combat as well evading frequently to avoid taking too much damage. Defeating the stalker will make it drop a Stalker's Bone and update Muria's side quest.(Shaman's Craft)
Once the area is clear, open the chest to the west to get the Skeleton Key. Before leaving, destroy the objects in the area to get random loot and a Boatman Coin.
Unlocking the purple-locked door
From the stalker arena, wall-run to the south then backtrack to the purple locked door. Use the key to open it. Once inside, find the blue ball and roll it to the hole.
This should activate the wall nearby and reveal a wooden peg that can extend your wall-run. Wall run on the wall, grab the hand-hold and back leap to reach the floating Boatman Coin.
Wall-run again then grab on the hand-hold then wall-run again to the right to land on the upper ledge. There's a chest behind the statue so loot it. Once done, grab the hand-hold again then wall-run to the left to reach some growth on the wall. Go up to reach the next floor.
Upper Level
Open the chest to the right, along the way then wall-run up when you reach the end of the path. Before shimmying to the left, perform a back leap to grab on the ledge behind you to find a chest as well. Once done, keep going to the left until you spot some growth to hold onto. Wall-run towards it then drop to the ground. You should see a switch ahead so go there and push it.
To the next Skeleton Key
Enter the next chamber to the west and grab a shadowbomb from the pod to the northeast corner of this chamber. Throw it to the yellow crystals and watch the explosion free the blue ball. Push the blue ball not on the nearest hole, but on the southernmost (farthest) hole to activate the iron gates holding another blue ball. Grab the Book of the Dead page 3 near the second ball.
Move the second ball to one of the holes near the stairs. Dislodge the other ball and place it on the second hole near the stairs to access the chest containing a Skeleton Key. Now exit the room and proceed south. Use the skeleton key to open the chamber.
In the Smoldering Chamber
Before pushing the switch to the right, turn left and destroy the debris there to find another Boatman Coin. Push the switch next. You only have a limited time to do the following actions before the cauldron lowers back to its original position and resets the switch.
After pushing the switch, immediately run to the hand-holds to the right the make your way to the cauldron and use the hand-hold there. Turn around and grab the upper hand-hold then perform a back leap to reach the other ledge.
Enter the next small chamber and climb up, making your way to the top. You'll find a shadowbomb pod here. Before throwing it at the switch, aim for the crystals below. Once the crystals are destroyed, carefully jump down and open the chest behind it.
Go back to the switch and destroy the two constructs that will appear there. Push the switch again and make your way back to the upper ledge. Grab a shadowbomb and throw it at the switch across this time. Cross the walkway and head to the boss chamber.
Boss: Gharn
This is a really easy boss and you shouldn't have problems dealing with it. First, use focus. Wait for it to finish its charge then quickly counterattack. While it's smashing around, simply dodge, counterattack or even use Teleport Slash to cancel its attack and deal damage (while recovering some HP) at the same time. When dealt with enough damage, it will fall down to its knees; use this precious time to inflict as much damage as possible.
Once Gharn starts recovering, quickly get away as fast as you can since it will explode and deal splash damage around it. Repeat the same process and you should be able to take out this construct.
Igniting the Fire of the Mountain
Once done, enter through the next door. Destroy all the clutter to get random items and open the chest along the way as well. Continue to reach the next balcony where you'll find a lever.
Don't examine it yet; destroy the clutter in the northwest corner to get another Book of the Dead page 4. Don't forget to open the chest in the nearby room as well. Examine the lever afterward to complete your main task in this area.
Take the nearby staircase and you should find another Boatman Coin there. There's also another chest in the middle of the staircase so loot it before leaving.
Once outside, talk to Karn and ask him about the Mordant Dew to update the Shaman's Craft side quest. Open up the map then fast-travel to Tri-Stone.
Back to the Village
Talk to Alya to continue with the quest and obtain Redemption, a powerful pistol. Alya will now allow you to trade with her as well. After the conversation, this whole mission is complete.


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Google reported record third quarter earnings yesterday, but CEO Larry Page wasn't all happy. When asked about Microsoft, he did not hold back, saying that the company is bullying manufacturing partners into paying it and has introduced a sort of "Android tax" on hardware makers.
"Rather than seeing Microsoft compete in the marketplace with their own phones, they continue resorting to legal measures to hassle their own customers," said Page, according to Electronista. "We haven't seen the details of those agreements and I assume our partners are making good deals for themselves. We see Android growing gangbusters and we don't see anything that will stop that."
Microsoft could be taking in as much as $400 million in Android licensing fees. The software maker has signed deals with HTC and Samsung, collecting an estimated $5 – $10 for every Android handset those manufacturers sell. Manufacturers are possibly agreeing to the deals because they do not believe they can face Microsoft in court. Either that or Microsoft is offering other incentives. We do not know.
Commenting on other companies suing Android manufacturers, like Apple and Oracle, Page said Google is "serious" about protecting Android, but didn't specify how: "We see our partners and our ecosystem growing hugely. Ultimately other companies actions will alienate their customers," Page asserted. "We're serious about protecting the Android ecosystem."
Eventually, Google is going to have to do less talking and more walking if it's really serious about protecting Android.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was Evgeni Malkin's game — until the Columbus Blue Jackets elbowed their way into the picture.
Malkin had a hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins almost blew a four-goal lead before holding off the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Monday night to clinch their first-round playoff series in six games.
"The last two games were our best of the year, but they certainly made a push, scored goals and kept coming," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "We certainly understand the importance of closing out a game. But the bottom line is we got our third and fourth wins here in Games 5 and 6. And we get to move on."
Pittsburgh awaits the winner of the New York-Philadelphia series, with the Rangers leading 3-2 going into Tuesday night's Game 6. It appeared the Penguins were ready to board their charter midway through the third period before the Blue Jackets turned the game upside down.
Malkin staked them to a big lead that barely stood up.
"Going into the second round now, you feel so much better when you have confidence," said Malkin, who had not scored a goal in his last nine playoff games dating to last season. "I hope in the next round I can score more."
Closer to making tee times than thinking about a Game 7, the Blue Jackets scored three times in a 4:52 span of the third period to turn up the pressure on the Penguins, an overwhelming favorite before the series got underway.
"We wanted to leave it all out there," said Nick Foligno, who won Game 4 with an overtime wrister and then redirected a shot into the net to draw Columbus — down 4-0 midway through the final period — to within a goal with 4:47 left. "We're a proud team, a team that's done a lot of good things all year. And we didn't want to leave here on a bad note."
Fedor Tyutin, Artem Anisimov and Foligno scored for Columbus to energize a crowd of 19,189 that stood and roared throughout the final minutes.
"It wasn't easy seeing 1, 2, 3 go in like that," said Penguins star Sidney Crosby, who went without a goal and had a plus/minus of -2 for the series. "Everyone just knew the last few minutes we had to find a way to keep it out."
The Penguins were hard pressed to fight off the aggressive Blue Jackets after goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who had 24 saves, was pulled for an extra attacker with under 2 minutes left.
Matt Calvert had been just wide with a potential tying shot with 3:30 left. Brandon Dubinsky's wraparound was deflected by goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.
"It was a good test," said Fleury, who was criticized by Penguins fans after early playoff exits in recent years.
Fleury ended up with 24 saves. Brandon Sutter also scored a goal before leaving with an injury, and Matt Niskanen had two assists for the Penguins, who became the first team in the series to score first and win — but barely.
Malkin hadn't scored in the first 332:52 of the series, then scored three times in a span of 26:11.
"I could see it coming in the morning skate," teammate James Neal said. "His shot was going into the back of the net."
The Blue Jackets, one of the NHL's youngest teams, looked hopeless until Tyutin's shot from the right dot ended Fleury's shutout streak at 97:26, since the Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the first period of Game 5. Then Anisimov scored from the left point and Foligno redirected Tyutin's shot to cut the lead to 4-3.
Pittsburgh survived, all right, although mainstays Sutter and Joe Vitale were injured during the game and did not return.
But that's a worry for another day. Advancing was the big thing.
"We've got a rivalry going here with the Jackets," Bylsma said. "They gave us everything we could handle and it was a nice series for them. That was an extremely tough first-round opponent."