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As experts debated Tuesday the current regulatory framework for advisors and whether brokers should be held to the same fiduciary standard as advisors, Marcus Stanley, policy director for Americans for Financial Reform, argued that fiduciary advice for retail clients is particularly "pressing." He cited the rise of complex structured products and the fact that the top complaint in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration cases is breach of fiduciary duty.
Michelle Ong, spokeswoman for FINRA, confirmed to AdvisorOne on the day of Stanley's assertion that fiduciary duty is indeed the biggest complaint in arbitration cases.
Stanley said the emergence of structured products plus the recent passage of the JOBS Act, which "allows increased solicitation of retail investors" to invest in such products as hedge funds and private equity, puts a fiduciary duty for brokers at the fore. "Study after study has shown that complex products don't perform well," Stanley told attendees at a joint forum held by the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard and Cato Institute on the regulation of advisors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) staff study on putting brokers under a fiduciary standard as mandated under Section 913 of Dodd-Frank "contains extensive documentation" regarding investors' inability to understand the difference between a broker and an advisor, Stanley said.
The principles-based fiduciary standard under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 is "inherently flexible and it can be adopted by brokers," Stanley said, "but we have to make sure that flexibility doesn't mean watering down" such a standard.
Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt (left), who also sat on the panel, agreed that "many customers don't understand the differences in a suitability [standard for brokers] versus fiduciary duty, and many lawyers don't either." But Pitt argued that a fiduciary standard can be "simple" and not result in a voluminous regulation like the Dodd-Frank Act.
Pitt told AdvisorOne in a separate interview that he believes brokers should be held to the same fiduciary standard as advisors, but "with carve-outs." The real "issues," he said, "are what services the professional is providing and what are the customers' expectations."
Pitt stated during the panel discussion that "if all you do is execute a transaction, not making a recommendation, you can define that in fairly simple terms."
However, Ron Rhoades, assistant professor and chairman of the financial planning program at Alfred State College, another panelist, argued that "brokers have always been fiduciaries under state common law." If an advisor or broker is providing "personalized investment advice you are a fiduciary—period." And, he said, the advisor or broker "must ensure that the client understands" that fiduciary standard. "Any educated investor is going to insist on the fiduciary standard," Rhoades said. While SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro told AdvisorOne in a previous interview that the agency's fiduciary rulemaking is moving forward internally, Rhoades said what's holding up the process is two of the five SEC commissioners' reluctance to release the final request for comment from the agency economists regarding the SEC's economic analysis of a fiduciary rule.
Kevin Carroll, managing director and general counsel for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), declared from the audience that the issue now is "how do you implement a fiduciary standard" for brokers. "We don't want the [Investment Advisers Act of 1940] standard imposed on us," he told the panelists. The issue now is: "How do you articulate a [fiduciary] rule for both industries?"
The fiduciary issue will have to move forward next year without Schapiro at the helm, however.
Another issue that will regain steam next year is the threat of a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for advisors—an issue David Tittsworth, executive director of the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) in Washington, who also served as a panelist, called the "biggest issue" advisors will confront. While the bill from House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., calling for an SRO is "dead" this year, the SRO issue will be revived next year, with new players at the SEC, in Congress and possibly in the White House, he said.
Hester Peirce, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, agreed, stating that "interest in [the SRO] idea will continue because the SEC is clearly overwhelmed and the complexity of advisors that it is now overseeing [with oversight of hedge fund advisors] will pose challenges" to the agency.


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Cradley is in the Black Country of the West Midlands of England, historically in north Worcestershire, now Dudley.
Our home town of Cradley was at the forefront of the industrial revolution that swept the world and it became famous for hand-made iron chain, also coal mining and brick making.
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Anyway, my wedding schedule is abit plump & twisted. Had the dinner 1st, then a buffet at my place, only then had the actual day, and then moved to Ipoh to entertain those relatives there. All in a space of 3 weeks, weekend after weekend starting from 27th Sept to 10th October.
In the end, I felt like I got married 3 times, 3 weekends in a row. But luckily only 1 ring on my finger ;)
So I wonder who's next……..?
Bride and Groom welcomes you to our KL dinner!!!
With some good friends at the wedding dinner @ Ipoh.
Out and about in Ipoh and stop-over in Gopeng. Gua Tumpurung that is, and our usual cam-whoring devils were let out to play. And proud off it, mind you. ;)
Well, would like to show more, but not in an open medium like a blog ;) Hop on to my facebook page for more scandalous moments to wet any grimy tastebuds. Rwwwrrrrr!!!!


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Although the impact of metabolic disorders (obesity, diabetes etc.) on physical health is widely
recognized, a recent and growing body of research showed that this pathology is also associated
with cognitive impairment, deficits in learning, memory and executive functioning, and
increased incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders. On the other hand, stressful life events deeply
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and peripheral nervous system dysfunction over the time. Among the possible underlying
mechanisms whereby both metabolic stress and inflammation impair peripheral as well as higher
neuronal functions and exacerbate neurological disorders. Given the high incidence of
comorbidity and linked etiology, there is urgent need to focus the latest development on the said
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entitled "Metabolic Stress and inflammation: Implication for Treatment of Neurological
Disorders", we will try to assimilate the available knowledge and understanding on the topic.
The volume will be a very useful treatise to students, basic researchers, and clinicians alike.
In central nervous system (CNS), ion channels, especially potassium channels play important regulatory roles in physiological
processes. Potassium (K+) channels (e.g., voltage-gated K+ channel, calcium-activated K+ channel) can be activated by
membrane potential shift as well as various ligands [1]. K+ channels have widely relationship with CNS diseases. Although
many studies have tried to reveal the effect of K+ channels in CNS diseases [2-5], the underlying mechanisms are not clearly
elucidated, because of the various subfamilies and subtypes of K+ channels.
In physiological condition, K+ channels mainly elicit an inhibitory modulation in central nervous system. Functional deficiency
or expressional down-regulation of K+ channels may enhance neuronal excitability, induce pathological condition, and
thus leads to CNS diseases, such as epilepsy [3]. The suppression of G protein-gated K+ (GIRK) channels are related to the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, cerebellar ataxia, pain and analgesia [4]. Some K+ channels can also control
the local microenvironment by regulating the extracellular K+ concentration.
This thematic issue has reviewed those research works describing the experimental discoveries, as well as the pathological
effect of K+ channels. In addition, some reviews in this thematic issue also summarized other ion channels, such as Na+ channels,
Ca2+ channels, Cl- channels, transient receptor potential cation (TRP) channels and synaptic receptors (AMPA, NMDA,
GABA receptors), concentrating on their correlationship with K+ channels and CNS diseases.
First of all, Zang K. et al. [6] and Zhu Y. et al. [7] focused on the large conductance calcium-activated K+ (BK) channels,
and retrospected the most recent scientific literature on the structure, subunits and locations of BK channels, broadly describing
the functional effects of different BK types on neurons, astrocytes, microglias, oligodendrocytes and smooth muscle cells. After
that, two reviews both concentrated on the modulation of BK channels on the epilepsy, and discussed the possibility of developing
potential antiepileptics targeted on different BK subunits. In the conclusion, the authors optimistically prospected that the
SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of KCNMA1 and KCNMBs might be the future investigation targets of BK channel
dysfunction, and optogenetic technique could be helpful to suppress the epileptic seizures [6-7].
Gao F. et al. [8] and Feng X. et al. [9] more specifically evaluated recent research papers on particular K+ channels. Gao et
al. reviewed those K+ channels in Müller glial cells, which located on the retina and related to the retinal disorders, including
retinal ischemia-reperfusion, diabetic retinopathy, inherited retinal dystrophy, retinal detachment, proliferative vitreoretinopathy
and glaucoma. These retinal K+ channels, such as BK channel, delayed rectifier K+ channel (KDR) and A-type K+ channel,
keep the hyperpolarized potential and contribute to retinal neuronal damage in pathological conditions, which may serve as
potential targets to develop new therapeutic approaches in the future [8].
Feng et al. reviewed the functions and pathological relations of lysosomal K+ channels with neurodegenerative diseases,
which were also called lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs). Lysosomal BK channel and transmembrane protein 175
(TMEM175), a novel lysosomal K+ channel, have been reviewed in this paper, describing their structure, expression on
lysosomal plasma membrane, modulation effects on Ca2+ signaling and lipid metabolism. Dysfunction of lysosomal BK channels
and TMEM175 elicits LSD-related Fabry disease and Hunter syndrome, which can be rescued by specific K+ channel agonists
Yang J. et al. [10] reviewed the oxidation of K+ channels in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and Parkinson's disease (PD). This short review elucidated the damages of different K+ channels caused by reactive oxygen
species (ROS). Oxidation of KV2.1, KV3.4, KV4.3, BK, KATP and organellar K+ channel causes the abnormal features such as
mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and autophagy compromise, which will result in collapse of intracellular homeostasis
and eventually leads to cell death [10].
In this thematic issue, Wu X. et al. [11] and Yan R. et al. [12] reported their experimental findings on inwardly rectifying
K+ (Kir) channels, both through patch clamp electrophysiological recordings. Wu et al. affirmed that tenidap, an inhibitor of
cyclooxygenase / arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (COX/5-LOX), served as the opener of Kir2.3 channel and possessed antiepileptic
effect in cyclothiazide induced epileptiform seizures [11]. Meanwhile, Yan et al. reported that Jingshu Keli, a herbal formula
of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), alleviated the mechanical and thermal symptoms of cervical spondylotic myelopathy
by increasing the phosphorylation level of Kir3.1 [12]. These two works are the only original researches in this thematic issue,
which may enhance the value and significance of this thematic issue, on contributing the advancement of knowledge in K+
Here we mention the TCMs, which represent a large group of medicinal compounds derived from plants and other natural
sources. Those studies of the effects of TCMs on different K+ channels provide new insights on the pharmacognostic aspects to
research K+ channels and CNS diseases. Recent studies have detected several compounds from TCMs that serve as novel K+
channel modulators, for example, curcumin (from Curcuma longa) as blocker to KV1.3, KV1.4, KV2.1 channels [13-15], puerarin
(from Pueraria lobata) as inhibitor to Kir2.1, Kir2.3, KV7.1 channels [16]. In the study from Yan et al., two saponins, ginsenoside
Rb1 (GRb1) and notoginsenoside R1 (NGR1), were also found that acted as an antagonist to Kir currents [12].
To further investigate the modulation of TCMs on K+ channels and other ion channels, Huang Y. et al. was then provided a
review elucidating the recent studies of TCMs and ion channel [17]. In this review, several TCM herbs and their containing
active ingredients were introduced, including Salvia miltiorrhiza Radix et Rhizoma, Ligusticum chuanxiong Rhizoma, Angelica
sinensis Radix, Panax ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Panax notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Uncaria rhynchophylla Ramulus Cum
Uncis, Scutellaria baicalensis Radix and so on [17].
Finally, Zhou Y. et al. [18] and Feng Y. et al. [19] focused on the voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) and reviewed their
functional relationship to CNS diseases from recent scientific literature. Zhou et al. discussed the roles of VGSCs in the processing
of sensory information, including auditory sense, visual sense, olfactory sense, tactile sense and taste sense, as well as
related disorders caused by the dysfunction of VGSCs [18]. Meanwhile, Feng et al. retrospected the mutations of VGSC
subunits both on the aspects of genotypes and phenotypes, and introduced specific CNS diseases elicited by VGSC mutations,
especial the epilepsy. In this review, those mutations located on SCN1A (NaV1.1), SCN2A (NaV1.2), SCN3A (NaV1.3),
SCN8A (NaV1.6) and SCN9A (NaV1.7) were described [19]. These two reviews were included into this thematic issue to exhibit
the similarities and differences between Na+ channels and K+ channels, as well as their correlations, in the pathology of
CNS diseases.
We hope that this special issue represents a valuable contribution to understand the roles of different K+ channels, as well as
other ion channels, in the pathogenesis of CNS diseases like epilepsy.
Cerebellar ataxias (CAs) gather a group of disorders characterized by motor incoordination and impaired
cognitive operations. Rapid developments in novel technologies offer now a real possibility to improve CAs.
Typical examples are molecular targets for stopping degeneration, grafted stem cells to protect degenerating
host cells, and non-invasive cerebellar stimulation to manipulate excitability in a residual cerebellar circuits
in order to improve CAs. In addition, there has been accumulating clinical evidence for therapeutic efficacies
of novel anti-CAs drug such as aminopyridines, and therapies on immune-mediated CAs. Improved
protocols have also been proposed in the field of motor rehabilitation.
These basic and clinical advances have opened a door to a new era where neuroscientists and clinicians will
control the process of cell death and restore impaired cerebellar functions. We aim to gather top reviews to
examine hierarchically the progresses in therapies of CAs in terms of identification of molecular targets,
understanding of cell biology, neural circuits and clinical evidence of effectiveness of new therapies. We will
consider therapeutic strategies not only for the interruption of the disease progression but also for the
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Obsession with big and expensive – the psychology of military procurement
Posted by picard578 on June 16, 2016
Humans have been obsessed with biggest, largest, most expensive, and other ways to blow resources, since the time immemorial. Earliest religious mythology refers to the attempts to build a tower to heaven – typically unsuccessful. Early civilizations around the world undertook giant constructions – Taj Mahal in India, pyramides of Egypt, various temples and churches of the Mediterranean. Even today we are doing it, despite their waste – because humanity in general has always been excellent and fooling itself; this goes for individuals as well.
Projects costing more than 1 billion USD almost always face large cost overruns. Only one in a thousand mega-projects succeeded within time and on budget. Yet they are seldom – if ever – predicted. Engineers and technologists are always excited to build "newest", "largest", and "best" items of the kind. Politicians receive publicity and money; unions delight in generating jobs, and public enjoys the spectacle. All this optimism leads to overestimation of benefits and underestimation of costs. At the same time, huge projects serve to shift public attention from failings in other areas, from broken promises and real problems. They also often serve as an ego trip, making people feel good about themselves even when they are in deep problems otherwise.
Large dams are one example. They cost a lot, face large cost overruns, and often do not return the investment. In fact, while dam builders forecast the cost-to-benefit ratio of 1,4 (that is, benefits exceed the costs by 40%), half of the dams built have cost overruns that exceed that factor. Another example are large weapons systems – majority of weapons in procurement have faced cost overruns, and militaries have resorted to cooking the books to keep true overruns secret. Overall, experts making forecasts about megaprojects can be grouped into "fools" and "liars" – fools are optimists who look at future through rose-tinted glasses, ignoring hard facts and uncertainity. Liars deliberately mislead the public for private gain.
Western navies are currently facing similar issues. United States and other NATO navies lack small ships that can chase Somali pirates or defend against ongoing Muslim invasion of Europe. But they have ample multi-billion aircraft carriers, destroyers and large frigates, which either sit around uselessly or get used for tasks that cheaper vessels could do far more effectively – not to mention more efficiently. United Kingdom, with its two aircraft carriers and numerous destroyers and submarines, lacks patrol ships it needs to protect its shores from illegal immigrants. It had to send one of modern frigates into Mediterranean to deal with migrants in rubber dinghies.
One reason is that expensive weapons are seen as an example of prestige. Battleships were kept in full-tilt production for over half a century, even though major fleet action was very rare. At the same time, all major navies have underfunded production of far more crucial ships such as submarines, merchant escorts and similar. One exception to that rule was the German Kriegsmarine of World War II (but not the World War I Kaiserliche Marine). That, however, was not because of a doctrine – but rather because, with earlier-than-expected onset of the war (Hitler expected war no earlier than 1946), and most resources being soaked up by the Heer and Luftwaffe, it could not afford building large capital ships. In 1941., aircraft carrier supplanted battleship as the main signpost of naval power, as well as the naval capital ship – only to be replaced in the latter role by no later than 1950. with the advent of nuclear attack submarine. Yet even today navies are spending billions to build aircraft carriers that serve no real purpose, because carrier is seen as a symbol of power and prestige. Stealth aircraft serve the same purpose.
24 Responses to "Obsession with big and expensive – the psychology of military procurement"
June 16, 2016 at 1:58 pm
"United States and other NATO navies lack small ships that can chase Somali pirates or defend against ongoing Muslim invasion of Europe."
No they don't. They just, for the most part, have such fleet under different government agencies, like the coast guards and such, and not under armed forces' navies.
"But they have ample multi-billion aircraft carriers, destroyers and large frigates, which either sit around uselessly or get used for tasks that cheaper vessels could do far more effectively – not to mention more efficiently. "
While having two different vessels can sometimes be cheaper, in medium/smaller navies it can be more expensive to have two sets of crews trained for two different ships then to have less manpower within the navy and operate larger ships. Those ships often have to go out to the sea anyway, even if we're not talking about large scale warfare training.
"United Kingdom, with its two aircraft carriers and numerous destroyers and submarines, lacks patrol ships it needs to protect its shores from illegal immigrants. It had to send one of modern frigates into Mediterranean to deal with migrants in rubber dinghies."
It is not true UK lacks such vessels. They sent a frigate as it was decided it was more cost effective. But UK does have quite a potent force of smaller vessels. Royal navy has four large 1,700 ton patrol vessels. Border force has five 250/400 ton cutters. Royal navy has further 18 fifty ton patrol vessels. (and 15 more 700 ton mine warfare vessels if push comes to shove and every available ship becomes needed for patrol role) Finally, there are many boats and large RHIBs available as well, courtesy of police and coastguard.
"In 1941., aircraft carrier supplanted battleship as the main signpost of naval power, as well as the naval capital ship – only to be replaced in the latter role by no later than 1950. with the advent of nuclear attack submarine. Yet even today navies are spending billions to build aircraft carriers that serve no real purpose, because carrier is seen as a symbol of power and prestige."
Navies are spending billions to build carriers as carriers provide best means for sea control. At the same time they can help with providing support during overseas offensive ops. Submarine, even today, can not control the seas. It can lurk, it can periodically receive outside info, it can harrass enemy merchant and combat navies and it can indeed inflict heavy casualties to both, even to best guarded carrier groups. But it can not be relied on doing that successfully in a regular manner nor it can identify ships to the degree often needed in warfare. It is a weapon of attrition, a weapon of fear and definitely a very potent adversary but not the keystone of naval combat ops.
"Stealth aircraft serve the same purpose."
Right. Which is why Russia is building two kinds of such planes. Which is why US has used or will use 5 different stealth planes. India will be using one. Japan will use one and is currently prototyping another one. China will be using two or three different kinds. Korea is possibly making one (unclear how stealthy their project in its final incarnation will be) and so on. Not to mention other countries that will use bought stealth planes. Plus pretty much any serious UCAV of the future is bound to be stealthy.
We're not talking about one side having a stealth craze that may not be founded. We're talking about the whole world – every possible warring side – Russia, China and US, alongside their possible allies, going after stealth planes. So what is more probable? That a single person claiming stealth is useless is wrong – or that leading strategists/engineers/commanders of every country in the world are wrong?
July 11, 2016 at 1:08 pm
I broadly agree that infrastructure is one of the few grandiose projects which actually pays for itself over time, and it seems that the Chinese agree.
If anyone hasn't reads up on their One Belt, One Road strategy then it is worth a good look. Very clever and foresighted idea that has grave implications for the shape of the world to come.
Over the coming years you will hear about lots of infrastructure being developed between China's western hinterland which is currently decidedly empty and the rest of Asia and even Europe. The Chinese economy is all focussed on the South and East along the coasts for access to the sea, though they are finding that the market forces of available manpower and the tastes of the workers are resulting in inflation, particularly in foodstuffs and protein as they can afford to eat more of it.
This is contrary to their wider strategy of exporting deflation to the West in order to prevent us from inflating away our huge debts, most of which is held by the Chinese. Hence by dumping cheap goods on our markets they keep inflation low and our interest payments high. Ideally every central bank would like to force inflation up such that every billion worth of debt becomes far less in real terms. Our parents might have thought that their mortgages were huge in the 70s but given the inflation though the 80s they became negligible as debts and easy to service.
The geopolitical effects of China's huge overland Road to Europe are interesting too. Currently they know they are at the mercy of the US Navy should a shooting war begin hence by going overland they completely negate this. So too their shipping routes which will be purely within range of land based air and protected by Naval bases at every hop.
The level of infrastructure they are willing to invest in is massive, far bigger than anything from the past and it shows their dedication to both maintaining their position and increasing it as the century plays out. It is difficult to see the woefully poor and weak nations to their West refusing money and infrastructure, or even those as far afield as Greece and Italy. Further yet the East African coast has already been economically colonised and they now seek to link up their investments with yet more infrastructure.
They've been aided and abetted in this by the Obama doctrine, which basically refuses to intervene whilst seeking European integration as a hedge against Chinese power. This docrine however is now in tatters.
The only sticking point in the Chinese plan is India. Already more than an emerging nation their economy is not built on exports as per the Chinese model. They are being pulled in all directions at once. Considering infrastructure and trade proposals from China whilst building up their own Navy and seeking enhanced military cooperation with the US. Still though they get most of their major equipment projects from Russia and their technology transfers from France.
Brexit has had some huge ramifications outside the British Isles. Abe's economic illiteracy has been shown up as the Yen soared post Brexit. This is catastrophically bad for their economy and with article 9 redacted opens up the possibility of war. German and Italian banks now appear bankrupt and borrowing rates for the Southern Euro countries rose as the UK's smashed through any previous lows. With Germany being the only net contributor of note to the EU left and the north / south economic imbalance only likely to exacerbate it is difficult to see the EU remaining intact.
The UK funded the EU in many ways other than direct contributions. Common defence projects were designed to leach industry and money away, the once rich fishing grounds which make up 90% of the EU total fished close to extinction and London's money markets were quite capable of syphoning money from the taxpayer without them even knowing it to prop up failing banks.
The UK is now potentially a loose cannon, it could turn in many directions. Increased reliance upon the US is one fairly likely scenario.
The scenario I'd particularly like to discuss, and would suggest as a separate topic, is thus…
The EU maintains it's attitude that the UK must be punished in any trade deal hence the UK looks further afield. Signs deals with India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa amongst others. Additionally it elects to represent India's interests through it's permanent seat on the UN Security council ( something that India covets above all other things) and starts common defence equipment programmes with the Anglosphere.
Hence India's new carriers would be Queen Elizabeth class. Frigates a common hull based on the T26, the UK replaces it's Challengers with updated Arjuns etc.British technology, 5 eyes intel, Indian manufacturing base and manpower all acting as a counter weight to China.
Basically the commonwealth strikes back…
I'd suggest a naval focus on amphibious warfare and submarine interdiction with a powerful carrier strike capability. A relatively small but superbly equipped land force with a heavy emphasis on conventional and chemical artillery and a numerically superior air force with an as yet undeveloped strategic inderdiction capability ( something along the lines of Taranis though mass produced).
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Even the mainstream media is starting to ask questions now.
April 29, 2019 at 7:00 am
It's not a perfect article, but at least it is asking hard questions.
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Super Stardust HD has been released through the PlayStation Store. Since I'm a sucker for shooters and I needed to install the new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 anyway, I plunked down my $8 and gave it a go. The control scheme will be familiar to everyone; this is the Geometry Wars/Robotron dual controls for movement and aim, but the twist is that instead of a 2D board, you're shooting on a sphere around a planet. Your ship is always basically in the middle of the screen, and the planet itself rotates and spins as you blast the incoming rocks. It's a fairly dizzying game, but the effect looks great.
You have your limited-supply bombs that wipe out everything near you, you have your extra lives that come by scoring or pickups, and you have upgradeable weapons. Three of them, in fact: each one with a matching rock that is susceptible to that specific attack. You spin around, get your bombs and weapon upgrades, and shoot the enemies and incoming meteorites through four levels on each planet. Then you fight the boss to unlock the next planet. There are five planets in all, and co-op play adds a little bit of replay value.
That's it, really. It's an attractive game, with all the whiz-bang particle effects and sparkles you expect from this sort of shooter. It's definitely worth a buy. I think it's a better game than Blast Factor, but there is a sense that without the 3D nature of the globes you're fighting around and the three different weapons, this is just another shooter clone that feels like the staple downloadable game.
In other words, it's worth $8 if you want to make things blow up and are bored with your existing shooters, but I really want to see some new ideas in these games soon.


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You can bring duty-free wine through airport security but not water? Inconsistency in TSA security screening drives travelers crazy, especially when it seems TSA doesn't know its own rules. But the agency is purposefully introducing more randomness in airport screening, as Scott McCartney explains on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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Hosting 6: "Absence – Haunted Landscapes"
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We invite proposals for papers, presentations, or performances of 30 minutes exploring the desire and attempt to materialise what is absent via the medium of haunted landscapes or through the manifestation of a ghost. We would like to hear from researchers within the fields of anthropology, art history, cultural studies, film studies, history, law, literary studies, parapsychology, psychology, philosophy etc. as well as practising artists.
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The Key Of Solomon, a medieval grimoire instructs magicians to seek out "places that lie concealed, distant and removed from the haunts of men. Wherefore desolate and uninhabited regions are most appropriate, such as the borders of lakes, forests, dark and obscure places, old and deserted houses, whither rarely and scarce ever men do come, mountains, caves, caverns, grottos, gardens, orchards..."
Could it be that this instruction suggests a common topography of the haunted landscape that such venues operate as amplifiers for achieving rapport with the dead? Perhaps it is the absence of life and the nature of our own loneliness that in fact haunts the landscape? Are places of tragedy imbued with spirits of their victims or is this just a romantic engagement, an imaginative association with a past event? Is it possible to use a particular landscapes to facilitate the experience of paranormal phenomena – in this respect can landscape serve like the séance room for the natural channelling of the spirit of place, or the dead souls of its past? Moreover, have artists and writers intuitively apprehended these landscapes to manifest a haunted aesthetic?
GHost invites submissions exploring these or other ideas associated with the Haunted Landscape.
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"Ghost Seance has the potential to summon spirits at any given location and time although 3:00 a.m. usually produces the best results." (Taken from a website advertising a séance app. for smart phones)
Writers, psychical investigators, mediums, parapsychologists, illusionists, artists all have manifested ghosts in their own way. The writers mind conjures up ghostly apparitions, pinning down their fleeting forms with words. In the darkened séance room both psychical investigator and audience witness phenomena produced by the medium. Whether witnessed by believer or sceptic, the spirit announces itself, with a common ghostly language: wraps, moving furniture, unexplained scents, temperature changes, phosphorescent lights etc. In more recent times visual and auditory ephemera has been described and captured by paranormal investigators, with the help of technological devices. This new language of the ghostly reappears in the haunted aesthetics of films such as Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape and in the work of contemporary artists such as Susan Hiller. When attempting to document ghosts, is it us or the ghosts who are controlling the means by which we describe and measure their presence?
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Suspect arrested in fatal Fla. day care crash
The ex-convict wanted for a hit-and-run crash Wednesday that killed a 4-year-old girl in an Orlando-area day care center and injured 14 others surrendered Thursday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Robert Corchado, 28, of Winter Park, turned himself in at the Orange County jail about 4:15 p.m., Maj. Cindy Williams said at a news conference. He was booked for leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Bond was set at $100,000.
Corchado had been sought for allegedly forcing a car off the road Wednesday afternoon and causing it to crash into the Goldenrod Road KinderCare Learning Center, killing Lily Quintus and injuring 11 other children and three adults.
Following a tip from a neighbor, his Dodge Durango was found abandoned two hours later in Winter Park, about a mile from his family's home. He then rented a Mazda SUV and drove off, the Highway Patrol said.
At the time of the crash, Corchado was out on bail for drug and hit-and-run charges from December. In 2012, he was released from prison after serving three years for cocaine trafficking. Since 2000, records show, he has been arrested eight times.
Earlier Thursday, Williams said that Corchado has ties to the Latin Kings gang and that members may have helped hide him.
"Those are the people who need to come forward and help us. If we find an accessory, we will prosecute you," she said.
A longtime friend of Corchado's told WFTV-TV that he has children as young as those injured Wednesday. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children said one remained in critical condition, two were listed as serious and one each in good or fair condition. Two others were discharged.
Corchado's family members declined to speak to a WFTV reporter who knocked on their door.
In an early afternoon interview, Nicole Quintus, Lily's mother, pleaded with Corchado to surrender.
"Come forward," she told the Associated Press, weeping. "Families are emotionally destroyed because of what he did."
She said her daughter was sitting at a table waiting for her afternoon snack when the Toyoto Solara reportedly struck by Corchado's SUV crashed into the day care center. About 50 children and adults were insude.
"One minute everything was normal and the next there was an explosion and smoke and screams," she said. "She was beautiful and passionate and innocent, and she deserved so much more."
Quintus said her 7-year-old son, whom she described as an aspiring engineer, wants to design a time machine to his sister back.


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It didn't matter that the ref called it a clean hit. Nico Hunter would never be the same.
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With meth-contaminated homes, it's buyer beware
Anne-Marie Cory and her partner spent the better part of a year looking for a dream home in Longmont, Colo., that fit their budget.
They had the property under contract when they discovered that a former occupant had been a methamphetamine smoker. Tests came back positive for the drug.
"We didn't want to bring a baby into a house contaminated with meth," said Cory, who was pregnant at the time.
Erik Nelson, then a real estate agent who had bought the home to fix up and sell, spent about $26,000 on meth testing, cleanup and then retesting to ensure it was safe for Cory to move in.
Other buyers have discovered such contamination too late, losing thousands of dollars and winding up with homes that had to be stripped to the studs.
"It is certainly a problem, how big it is is hard to quantify," said Colleen Brisnehan, an environmental protection specialist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
No one knows how many homes in the United States are contaminated by meth, and there is no national requirement to test for it.
But state and industry officials say, as more testing is done, they are discovering more meth-contaminated properties, particularly among foreclosed or rental homes that are coming back on the market amid a housing recovery.
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Not all of these homes are meth labs where the drug was cooked. Homes can be left toxic if someone has simply smoked methamphetamine a few times. The drug can leave behind toxins that cause respiratory and other illnesses.
"It is definitely buyer beware," said Timothy Gablehouse, a lawyer who handles environmental contamination cases. He recommends testing if there is anything about the home's history that raises alarms.
About half of the properties tested by Weecycle Environmental Consulting are positive for meth, said Judy Sawitsky, an industrial hygienist and president of the Boulder, Colo., firm. Weecycle tests for meth, asbestos and other contamination.
About one-third of properties that test positive have levels of contamination high enough to require some cleanup under state standards, she added.
The problem is greatest among rental properties, particularly those in the low- to average-cost ranges, said Jim Dennison, president of Century Environmental Hygiene in Fort Collins.
"Meth can be detected in homes after a small number of uses, and the residues persist in homes for many years, meaning that if anyone ever smoked meth there in the past, it may show up in a test. So, while most people do not use meth, many houses are still affected," Dennison said.
Foreclosures also test positive more often than homes occupied by the same owner for years, Dennison said.
Colorado's Neighborhood Stabilization Program operated in areas with high foreclosure rates, purchasing, renovating and selling 167 single-family homes and 139 multifamily rental units, according to Patrick Coyle, director of the Colorado Division of Housing.
Of those, 7 percent of the single-family properties were contaminated, and 11 percent of the multifamily units were, Coyle said.
Norris Minick, a buyer's agent, said his company, Agents for Homebuyers, tests all homes it handles, splitting the cost of screening with potential buyers.
But throughout the industry, Minick said, testing is infrequent.
Most agents believe contamination is rare, and few are willing to consider it might be common.
"It is such a frightful thing it is almost impossible to face," Minick said.
Most buyers are unaware of the potential for disaster in buying a contaminated home.
"I talk to all my friends who are buying houses, everybody says, 'You'll know, there will be some sign.' But you know what? You won't. This house was so clean," Cory said of her home.
Colorado requires sellers to disclose if a home has been contaminated by the drug, unless it has been cleaned up. But owners don't always know if meth, which can linger on surfaces, in carpets, drywall and duct work for years, has been used in the home.
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There are often noticeable signs -- people coming and going at all hours, strange smells, large amounts of trash -- when a house or apartment is used to manufacture the drug. But it is harder to detect a user who smokes in private, Brisnehan said.
Law enforcement agencies report labs to county health departments when they find them, she said. "They say they find about 10 percent of the labs out there."
But there is no notification to health officials that would identify the homes of those busted for smoking meth.
"Most people don't let their neighbors know that they are meth users," Brisnehan said. "Often they are renters, sometimes a grandparent owns the home and the grandchild is the user."
Colorado law requires remediation for homes where testing finds more than .05 micrograms of meth in a space about 3.5 inches square.
The state labels any house where contamination is above state levels a meth lab. However, most homes that test above that level aren't labs at all, just places where the drug was smoked, Minick said.
Minick's agency splits the $375 cost of a basic screening that can detect the presence, but not the level of contamination in the home, with buyers, he said.
Sawitsky's firm charges $325 to screen for the drug's presence and from $1,400 to $2,200 to test for levels.
Once the house has been cleaned up, it must be tested again to be sure all traces are gone, said Lynda Fratis, office manager at Weecycle.
"If it has been freshly painted it has to be gutted, it can't be cleaned. You have encapsulated it in the paint, but it keeps seeping out," Fratis said.
Gablehouse said he hears from many people who find contamination in a home they bought and want to sue.
"Two-thirds of the time you can't make a case because it is clear that nobody had knowledge of the problem," he said.
Particularly in deals involving short sales and foreclosures, there can be a string of occupants in a home before meth is discovered.
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