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Countries are taking an approach to either regulate or ban cryptocurrencies entirely. This has left many individuals who transact in the cryptocurrency space with the option to stop transacting or start using Privacy Coins. Privacy coins grew exponentially in popularity in 2017 with 2018 beginning to show some major leaders in the space.
What is a Privacy Crypto?
Privacy coins are based around the concept of leaving the sender and receiver anonymous. The biggest issue plaguing privacy coins is their likelihood to be used for nefarious (illegal) or suspect activity. This results in many figures in the government casting a distrustful eye on such coins. The reasoning is simple; privacy coins dominate the transactions that take place on the Dark Web. The alternative to privacy coins is transparency and transparency creates as many problems as complete privacy. Do you want every other internet user to know how much money you have in your specific wallet? If you had a Bitcoin wallet, your balance and transactions are always publicly available. With a privacy coin the transactions, the sender, the receiver, all are "hidden" from nosey eyes. The question that presents itself is privacy worth the inherent risks of misuse, and is transparency mandatory?
In no other part of the financial system is transparency required. If your neighbor wanted to see how much money you had in your wallet, do they have a right to know? Because the answer to this question is so obviously, no!, the neighbor has no right to know about your finances this brings us to question why privacy coins have been given such a negative connotation. The reason Privacy Coins are cast in a negative light are because of their current utility. When government agents raid Dark Web websites, they are noticing how privacy coins dominate the marketplaces. This gives an unfair perspective regarding privacy coins because it only highlights what is wrong with them. Complete anonymity has its inherent risks but so does complete transparency. If each individual's bank account balance were public information, there would be many more robberies of higher net worth individuals. One's financials should not be information the general public is entitled to. The answer to this in the blockchain world is Privacy Coins.
There are clearly major issues with every transaction being made public, including your balance. Privacy coins enabled themselves to provide their user a level of anonymity not seen in the standard crypto coin markets. This creates an issue for governments all over because it is very difficult to monitor the spending of privacy coins, and ensuring taxes are collected on them. However, individuals will always have a right in some places to a degree of privacy if so desired.
Some countries may ban privacy coins, as some have banned crypto entirely, but the majority that allow privacy coins will have users that chose to continue to purchase, send, and receive crypto anonymously. Privacy coins have many benefits that go far beyond concealing what you purchase. The privacy provided protects the user from other individuals looking to target those with the most "coin." Cryptocurrency robbers have escalated with many high profile thefts occurring in the previous month. The risks have increased as the value of cryptocurrencies have grown, and the ease of transfer has become easier and easier. Privacy coins provide protection, a protection that is needed in a world where some chose transparency over privacy.
Privacy Cryptos
There are currently multiple privacy cryptos in the space, but this article will focus on some of the most dominant players and a few sleepers. The privacy cryptos include; XMR, ZCL, DASH, BTCP, XVG, and PIVX.
XMR: Monero
Monero (XMR) was launched in April of 2014, as a fork of Bytecoin. Its purpose was to create a secure untraceable currency. XMR leverages CryptoNote technology as well as Ring Signatures, Ring Confidential Transactions and Stealth Addresses. These provide multiple layers of protection and anonymity. Each layer of protection creates more privacy for the sender and receiver.
CryptoNote is an open-sourced protocol that allows for increased privacy. Most cryptocurrencies use unchanging signatures to verify transfers. CryptoNote specifically uses Ring Signature which cloaks the sender. Think of Ring Signatures as a digital signature in which a group of signers is brought to confirm a transaction forming a ring. The actual sender creates a one-time spend time, and the receiver is the only party that can detect and spend the funds based on that unique key. Since the outputs are unlinkable the recipient and sender's privacy are guaranteed.
Ring Confidential Transactions (RCT) mask the amount of funds transferred through very unique technology. This feature became mandatory in September 2017 for added protection. It also slightly changed how XMR would be sent through the blockchain and how miners confirmed the amount being sent is the same as the funds available without having to send the original amount broken into many smaller parts. RCT coupled with stealth addresses create the highest level of privacy. The stealth address is a one-time public key; it is automatically created for the transaction to indicate that the receiver can spend the funds in a later transaction.
XMR's extensive privacy features along with its adoption as the utility token of the Dark Web provides it the necessary foundation to be a top crypto. Allowing for seamless transferring of crypto across the world, in complete privacy for the sender and receiver is what makes it such a sought after crypto. XMR currently has a $3.4 billion market cap and a price of $217 per coin. BTC was once the coin of the Dark Web, and it was able to outgrow that bad boy image. If XMR can improve their societal image, they may be on the short list of coins being added to Coinbase in 2018. Currently, at $217 per coin and a market cap less than half it was at its peak, XMR is a fantastic option in the short and long term.
Similarly, to XMR, DASH is the other most utilized Dark Web coin. However, DASH has features that are exceptionally transparent. Unlike, XMR, where all transactions are private, DASH allows the user to determine when to use Private/Dark send or not. DASH has two main transaction features: InstantSend and Private/Dark Send. The name says it all. If you want to send something on the Dark Web or privately use "Private" or "Dark" send. The name almost makes it seem like the individual is doing something illegal before the money is sent. However, names can be misleading as each individual should have the right to privacy without every transaction being publicly searchable.
InstantSend is DASH's transparent money transfer service, which was initially called InstantX and rebranded in 2016. InstantSend is very impressive when compared to the amount of time it takes to send most cryptocurrencies. The transactions are near instant, basically, as quickly as you can hit refresh the DASH will arrive. Their masternode network can compete with Visa's throughput with capabilities in excess of one thousand transactions per second. InstantSend is not what put DASH on this list.
PrivateSend is what makes DASH a competitor for Top Privacy Crypto. DASH uses a coin-mixing serviced based on CoinJoin. The way this is accomplished is by using masternodes in place of a single gateway, chaining by mixing with multiple masternodes and restricting denominations to certain, easily transferable ones. DASH aimed to create a decentralized CoinJoin network within the protocol through full nodes that would handle the mixing service internal between randomly selected nodes. The main downside or critique of this private way to send is that a malicious party can create thousands of nodes and control a majority of the network leading to the centralization of user transactions, deanonymizing them. To combat this issue DASH created a centralized node, the Masternode, requiring 1000 DASH to run a masternode which also provides an incentive (dividend) for running them.
DASH has a system in place that provides dividends, lets you send anonymously or not, and a decentralized governance platform where the Masternode operators receive one vote for big decisions. XMR is better for complete anonymity, but DASH allows transparency, and anonymity with a greater market acceptance currently. DASH has a market cap of $4.3 billion and a coin value of $555; this is down from over $1100 in January. The market rebound should drive DASH, one of the most useful privacy tokens back above $1,000.
ZCL: ZClassic
ZClassic, ZenCash, and ZCash are all privacy coins that use the fairly similar technology under the zk-SNARKS name. Of these currencies, if you are sending a message with your anonymous crypto then the King would recommend ZenCash as a short message can be added. However, ZClassic is the best option if no message is required to be sent. ZCL is a fork of ZCash intended to remove the 20 percent fee associated with the ZCash technology. The fork developers that created ZCL decided the miners should not receive a small reward because developers need additional money to evolve and advertise a project. Instead, ZCL issues the entire block reward to the miners and aims to have development funded from other sources. Therefore, to avoid a developer mining fee ZCL is a better option than ZCash.
All three of these Z-branded cryptocurrencies use zk-SNARKS to achieve privacy. Every transaction sent on their blockchain contains a string of data provided by the sender. This zero-knowledge proof also encrypted the data. The input and output values need to be equal which ensures the sender can't generate specific strings unless they own the spending key for that address. ZCash is not known for providing 100 percent anonymity as it is still possible to analyze the blockchain and correlate information through IP addresses. However, ZCL is still the best of the ZCash options because of one very exciting February bonus.
ZCL also has a very special surprise for February. ZCL and BTC are hosting a "co-fork" where owners of ZCL and BTC all receive 1 Bitcoin Private (BTCP). Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was a fork of BTC in summer of 2017 and has since increased in value to over $1,000 per coin. ZCL is currently trading under $100 per coin after having peaked above $200 in January prior to the market correction. ZCL has a market cap of $300 million and a current coin price of $93.50 per coin. By the February 28, 2018, fork, ZCL should easily approach a $1 billion market cap. That is a 200 percent return for February per coin held. BTCP is a Bitcoin branded privacy coin. Anyone who understands branding realizes the value of the BTC name attached to it in the world of crypto. ZCL is a must own for the month of February if you have any interest in attaining BTCP, as the only alternative is to purchase BTC at a price almost 9,000 percent more. One BTCP will be provided to every holder of 1BTC, and the holders of 1 ZCL. The dividend is the same for a coin that costs over $8,000 and for a coin under $100. ZCL should see a major climb in value prior to the fork February 28, 2018.
BTCP: Bitcoin Private
Well if you want Bitcoin Private (BTCP), the BTC branded privacy coin, the only way to attain them is to own either BTC or ZCL during the February 28, fork. With ZCL priced so much lower than BTC, it is likely investors flock to ZCL as more exchanges support the fork and the awareness regarding it continues to spread. Bitcoin Cash had an epic run this year solely because of its affinity to BTC and even with BTC fixing many of the "solutions" BCH provided people are still valuing BCH at over $1,000 per coin. The brand name behind it is where a large percentage of the value exists as with the new system upgrades and recent forks BTC is much faster and cheaper to transact on. BCH should have returned to a more obsolete roll due to these upgrades, yet people continue to flock to the BTC name. Bitcoin Private should be no different.
The same privacy technology from ZClassic and ZCash will be used for BTCP. However, the major difference is the blockchain BTCP will run on and the name. BTCP will look to capitalize on the infrastructure of the BTC blockchain while also taking full advantage of the naming rights associated with being a BTC fork. By providing the same ratio of coins to BTC holders as ZCL holders, BTCP is ensuring there is a total of approximately 20 million BTCPs. With forks of BTC that do almost nothing being worth hundreds of dollars (Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin God) a privacy coin labeled under the BTC flag should be worth far more than the lesser important forks. The King fully expects BTCP to be the most valuable fork of BTC to date. BCH has become obsolete with BTC's upgrades, but BTC is still not private, BTCP solves that issue while capitalizing on ZCL's privacy technology and the BTC name.
XVG: Verge
Well, this coin was everyone's favorite to hate in late December and early January. Verge (XVG) promised to release Wraith Protocol. Wraith was supposedly able to allow the user to switch between public and private with the flick of a button on the user's wallet. If you were in a jurisdiction requiring public transactions, send it publicly. If you were in a jurisdiction that did not care, the user has freedom of choice. However, Wraith was delayed at the last minute, and the market correction began. The worst part of this entire short story is that although XVG was late in releasing Wraith Protocol, was that they still managed to release it successfully. Yes, they were a few weeks late. If anyone knows Development Teams, they are notoriously slow and do not care at all about deadlines. This does not mean they are lazy or absent, just that they have their own rhythm and pace they like to work at.
Wraith Protocol was released but was released during the middle of the worst correction the crypto markets had seen in years. Many did not even realize Wraith was successfully released. XVG remains priced as one of the cheapest coins on Binance and with a functioning privacy feature built in may very well become one of the top rebounding coins. XVG is priced at approximately $0.055 per coin and has a market cap of $800 million. XVG is valued at almost 200 percent of ZCL but is still only 20 percent of the major privacy coins XMR and DASH.
A significant benefit for XVG is their technology. When the user initiates a transaction with the Wallet, the switch button is set to "ON" or "OFF." In the "ON" position Wraith is activated and the private ledger is used. If you have it set to "OFF" the public ledger is used, and the transaction is transparent. Wraith gives the sender the ability to choose, that choice is a very valuable thing. With Wraith Protocol being successfully implemented during the height of the correction I expect XVG to have a bounce back better than the general market to appreciate for the fact that Wraith was quietly released.
PIVX: Private Instant Verified Transaction
PIVX Is a great privacy cryptocurrency at approximately $5.40 per coin and a market cap of $300 million. PIVX was a coin introduced in 2017 and was one of the top gainers for many real reasons. When compared to XMR it is important to note PIVX is Proof of Stake vs. Proof of Work. Proof of Stake means all rewards are paid to coin holders where Proof of Work means Miners get a large portion of the rewards.
PIVX's block time is sixty seconds while XMR is one hundred and twenty seconds. The average time for a transaction to send for PIVX; less than one second. The average time for a transaction to send for XMR; one to two minutes. The transaction fee on average for PIVX is $.0003 while it is $3.20 for XMR. XMR generally takes a total of twenty minutes for a transaction to be confirmed while PIVX is closer to three minutes. PIVX is cheaper, faster, and implements better privacy tech than XMR the most notorious privacy coin on the market.
PIVX uses custom Zerocoin technology to accomplish its privacy features while also implementing a masternode system in the beginning of 2018. PIVX is in more of an infancy stage, similarly to XVG at market caps approximately ten percent of those with greater market adoption. Even if the technology is more advanced for the newer coins and blockchains, the respect the privacy coins that have been around for years have is unmatched. PIVX or XVG are great options for those wanting to place a wager on which established coin may have the fastest ability to break into the market cap of DASH and XMR.
Different privacy coins provide an array of unique features. The cryptocurrencies listed above are some of the most adopted by the crypto space already. There are many more privacy coins available on very select exchanges with market caps of less than fourty million, but listing them would be a very detailed process, and currently, their utility is minimized as these are the most popular by far. It is evident there is a huge demand for privacy coins. It is also very clear that branding exists in the crypto world as well. Knowing how important branding is when dictating value is very important.Therefore, the highest risk, highest reward privacy crypto would be BTCP. The only way to get your hands on BTCP is to purchase ZCL or BTC.
If you are a more medium risk investor and do not wish to wait for a fork before determining a coin's importance both XVG and PIVX would be strong choices. XVG and PIVX should see rapid trends North as they provide seamless privacy. Although DASH and XMR are the big names in the space, BTCP is about to enter the "name" game, while PIVX and XVG have better technology supporting their privacy platforms.
Highest Risk Play: BTCP
Safe with Highest Returns: XVG and PIVX


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As the Consumer Electronics Show kicked off Wednesday, Sony sent out a press release that attempted to set the tone of the console debate. Apparently this year's tone will be "crazy ex-girlfriend."
With PlayStation 3 being the only one of the three consoles to see its sales drop this November versus the same month in 2007, and a $200 entry-level Xbox 360 attracting price-conscious shoppers, Sony is gearing up to take a beating in December, January, and beyond. So out comes the spin. First, a Sony exec tells CNET that PlayStation 3 sales were up 130% following Black Friday, which is somehow supposed to be a sign of health even though sales of every product on Earth jump after Black Friday.
And then, this letter:
Keeping Gaming and Entertainment Simple
The 2008 holiday season was an exciting time for video gaming and the Blu-ray side of the interactive entertainment industry, and 2009 promises to follow suit. As consumers continue to invest in their entertainment needs this new year, the feature sets of the three multi-functional gaming systems – PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360 and Wii – become that much more important to consider.
PLAYSTATION 3 has always been about streamlining the gaming and entertainment experience by giving consumers the most features and functionality out of the box, there is no immediate need to upgrade anything to get a rich entertainment experience, as the console comes standard with:
- Built in Blu-ray drive for HD movies and mind-blowing games
- Built in Wi-Fi for wireless gaming and Internet access
- Huge hard drives for storing games, movies, music photos and more
- Free online gaming and entertainment access through PSN
- Ten year's of value with a future-proof system via firmware updates that offer new services and features
The Xbox 360 and Wii offer a set of features in their own right. However, when you take a look at the feature offerings side by side, there is only one true winner in delivering total value and price.
We've compared the lowest entry points from each manufacturer – PS3 80GB - $399, Xbox 360 Arcade - $199, Wii - $249.
The PS3 is the perfect example of a product featuring superior technology and a sophisticated design creating an ideal all-in-one entertainment product. The Xbox 360 requires additional money, multiple upgrades and additional external devices, putting a burden on the wallet and adds clutter to the entertainment center. And the Wii's lack of enhanced features comes at the expense of a comprehensive entertainment solution. So as PS3 continues to evolve without the need for additional parts or expenses, expect the competition to continue peddling add-ons in an effort to keep up with the Jones'.
In other words:* what does she have that I don't?!*
What is immediately obvious here – besides the fact that the writer of this release has a deeply ingrained misunderstanding of the possessive form (year's, Jones') – is a feeling like Sony has finally been reduced to grasping at straws. We needn't even delve too deeply into the half-truths (there are cheaper hard drive solutions for Arcade buyers; HDMI was available in every Xbox on shelves this holiday). But is this really the whole message?
Yes – you get more machine for your $400 with PlayStation 3. But since when has anything but price and killer app games ever decided a console war?
This holiday season and its aftermath may very well prove that Microsoft was right after all to take the hard drive out of the Xbox 360 and put a bare-bones SKU on shelves. Yes: I thought it was a phenomenally stupid idea at the time. Remember "tard pack," the perjorative nickname for the Core SKU that ended up making the New York Post? A $200 game console doesn't sound so retarded in a recession.
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Should Israel bomb Iran? Answering this question is integral to the survival of Israel, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, as a nation-state. It is imperative that Israel show restraint and refrain from any military aggression for the sake of its own security and that of the greater Middle East. Over the course of this essay, I will argue that Israel must integrate a neo-realist framework of foreign policy into their pre-existing policies dealing with non-state actors for its security as a nation-state and peace throughout the region.
According to the remarks of conservative Israeli dignitaries such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a nuclear-armed Iran would be an existential threat to the small, Mediterranean nation. However, the reality of Iran's predicament is more akin to Kenneth Waltz's "security dilemma", which states that, in an anarchic order, countries must provide for their own security against abounding threats, and provide measures that bolster one nation's security diminish the security and comfort of the other . Empirically, this is certainly the case for Iran, as it has faced down sanctions intensifying economic hardship , the Jundallah insurgency , increased hostility from Saudi Arabia, moral support for Mujahedeen-e-Khalq militants from U.S. officials , U.S. stealth drone surveillance , attacks on its nuclear scientists, and the collapse and undermining of its proxies in Syria and Lebanon, respectively. Nuke-bearing Pakistan, having supported the hardline takfiri Taliban (no friend to Iran or Twelver Shi'ites ), has instability of its own and could be as dangerous as the perceived machinations of the Mossad. A.Q. Khan is now a noted public figure in Pakistan, and could supply nuclear technology to any of Iran's other regional rivals . As Iran is surrounded by such threats, it will try to accumulate power as a means to approaching a perceived parity . Polls indicate the sanctions have only hardened opposition to abandoning nuclear enrichment as the citizenry blames Iran's rivals and obstructionists in the internal opposition, rather than their own government . Conventional defenses require constant re-evaluation as Iran is perennially outgunned and outmanned by both external and internal threats, whereas the advantages of nuclear weapons are absolute .
Due to Iran's very Weberian interest in having a monopoly over security, the country would not want to simply pawn off nuclear weaponry to non-state actors or liberally toss them at any foe. Developing nuclear weapons would be an intrinsic gain to Iran's security as the demonstrable capability of catastrophic retaliation could deter conventional and unconventional aggression. Second-strike capability would provide deterrence as Iran's defense would be defined by what it could do as opposed to what it would do . By the same token, nuclear strikes on Israel would be prevented by the capabilities of the United States; National Security Council military aide William Odom described an analogous situation in his Directive signed by President Jimmy Carter . Though Odom was depicting Secretary of Defense Harold Brown using nuclear weapons against conventional, Soviet-era threats as a means of controlling escalation, within the "look-shoot-look" policy there was a fundamental philosophy of deterrence:
"To deter in an era of strategic nuclear equivalence, it is necessary to have nuclear (as well as conventional) forces such that in considering aggression against our interests any adversary would recognize that no plausible outcome would represent a victory or any plausible definition of victory."
Post-Cold War studies would reveal that the Soviet leadership itself saw no winner in a nuclear conflict and had little confidence in such apocalyptic warfare, despite the suspicions of PD-59's drafters . Such discourse is eerily in line with Waltz's theory: "If the Soviet Union had run the preposterous risk of attacking the center of Europe believing it could escape retaliation, we would thus show them that they were wrong while conveying the idea that more would follow if they persisted."
These assessments are particularly relevant as United States officials, the only allies to Israel having the superior technological means of enacting pre-emptive war, see diplomacy as still an option so long as it can prevent all of the terrorist attacks, missile strikes, oil shocks, and reputational damage which a war with Iran would entail . Retired Israeli military chiefs and President Shimon Perez see a war with Iran as un-necessary , and with good reason: experts doubt that a unilateral action on Israel's part could completely disable the atomic weapons program and air defenses that make up the eight target sites . If Iran's intelligence and military personnel are anywhere near competent, they will be aware of the American policy of peaceful deterrence and seek a path of non-aggression.
The "red line" arguments for Iran's battle-lust and the necessity of an Israeli pre-emptive assault are realist in nature , but within Waltz's framework, war would not be within Iran's interest; it would be the privilege of poor and weak states . This failing on the part of classical realism occurs as realism, in many ways, has been shaped by the cultural lenses of different peoples . Constructivists, whether they are reactionary demagogues or transnational networks, would exploit Israel's attack to attempt spreading values of violence and extremism . Threats to Israel's security at the unit level would rise significantly with reprisals from non-state actors. Islamist militant groups, whether an embittered Hezbollah or Sunni groups trying to wean themselves from a sectarian reputation, would use the attack as opportunity to sow violence and fear throughout the region. Al-Qaida and other extremist groups could use an Israeli strike to further their propaganda of the "black banners from Khurasan" . Sectarian divisions among militant groups are significant, but not impermeable to mutual influence. An attack on Iran would provide the perfect opportunity for international pan-Islamist violence against Israel– look no further than the Iranian Revolution of 1979, where Khomeini's anti-Western rhetoric inspired Sunni militant groups to launch their own revolts, from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan . A bigot's insulting the avowed religion of extremists provokes death and destruction at embassies by militants; imagine the reactions to a "kafir, Zionist-crusader" military strike on their, however distantly related, perceived co-religionists.
In trying to stop nuclear weapons proliferation Israel could actually persuade previously ambivalent nations to pursue such programs to fill the perceived power imbalance left by a humbled Tehran . Anti-Israel sentiment is already high in Egypt. A Greenberg Quinlan Roslin poll of 812 people (half of them women) sponsored by the Israel Project indicated majorities supportive of Iran's nuclear project, friendly Iranian-Egyptian relations while wanting the dissolution of the Egyptian-Israeli diplomacy, an end to existing peace treaty, and a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict . While one cannot conflate anti-Israeli sentiment with militancy or anti-Semitism, these levels of frustration provide fertile grounds for the manipulations of violent, non-state actors, and can push state actors to pursue policies amenable to public opinion, but not within Israel's security interests. Poignantly, a war in Iran could give the governing Muslim Brotherhood-linked officials justification to pursue a nuclear program of Egypt's own, appealing to popular opinion in aggressive opposition to what the Brotherhood calls a "racist and expansionist state" . Opportunists like A.Q. Khan would doubtless want to help in such endeavors .
Israel should not bomb Iran, as Iran would pose no threat to the country under Waltz's neo-realist framework of mutual deterrence. Military engagements would serve only to further alienate Israel's neighbors and provide constructivist, non-state actors the opportunity to instigate more anarchy throughout the greater Middle East. The Israelis should abandon policies advocating aggression and sanctions as they only serve to build up a destructive casus belli . What Israel should instead do is build upon stability brought by this neo-realist understanding of nuclear power, insuring that Iran is the only rival to have such second-strike capabilities while working with allies to prevent the violence of constructivist, non-state actors, perhaps even working alongside the Iranians; Al Qaida-type extremists have little love for the Shi'ite-majority state. By following this program of mutual deterrence, the security of interests of Israel and its allies would be well-defended throughout the region.
John Bundock is a FCRH 2014 Middle Eastern Studies major who may be contacted at email@example.com.


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To me, the core of a UNIX system is a philosophical matter. To quote Mike Gancarz's The UNIX Philosophy from 1994, UNIX has 9 paramount precepts:
- Small is beautiful.
- Make each program do one thing well.
- Build a prototype as soon as possible.
- Choose portability over efficiency.
- Store data in flat text files.
- Use software leverage to your advantage.
- Use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability.
- Avoid captive user interfaces.
- Make every program a filter.
FLOS is a nearly diametrically opposed design, with design concepts like the following:
- FLOS avoids scripts, and prefers to split tasks into compiled logic interacting with logic-less configuration files.
- FLOS prioritizes ease of machine manipulablity over human manipulablity.
- The components of FLOS communicate over D-Bus rather than sockets and pipes.
- FLOS is built on a core of monolithic programs which attempt to synergisticly manage multiple complex components.
- FLOS leverages features specific to Linux and ignores portability.
- FLOS prefers tightly integrated components to generic solutions.
I'm not sure that this is a bad design, but it is most definitely not UNIX or anything like it.
Linux Future | PAPPP's Rambling.
via Linux Reddit.
This here explains why a lot of stuff simply doesn't work the way it used to: Xorg, NetworkManager, Pulseaudio. It also explains why no one outside of IT uses Linux for real-world software development; you don't have to fight OS X to get started writing code. FreeBSD is almost there as well, with people switching over to it to avoid dealing with the eldritch abomination that is D-Bus.
Are FLOS proponents still butthurt by Microsoft? So much that they would turn the OS on top of Linux-the-kernel into a bad imitation of Windows?


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After the great welcome of the previous editions, it comes again the "sprint contest" version of the EANET Award, devoted to the "Radio Clubs of the World". It will be on November 8, 08:00-12:00 UTC.
In just four hours you can win original and funny prizes that you can share with your mate or friends: hotels, restaurants, wellness or adventures.
Moreover, you will have the opportunity to contact those radio clubs you still needed to complete the EANET Award.
The European Emergency Communications Exercise (EECE) is about to practice the exchange of messages between radio amateurs with some fixed data, using a template like this:
Before every Exercise, download the previous template and print several copies in order to be ready to listen and write down messages.
Here you are an example of a real message sent in a previous Exercise:
EURAO calls for this kind of exercise for the second time, now on October 3, 9:00-11:00 CEST (07:00-09:00 UTC).
The main goal is to practice the skills needed to exchange messages, with an specific pattern, between hams in different countries.
The frequencies to be used are: on 40m (7.110 KHz) and on 20m (14.300 KHz), both in SSB. The language: English.
The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "climb up to the mountain". Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.
EURAO recently signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT).
Its aim is to cooperate in all Amateur Radio matters.
10th anniversary of EURAO and fourth time attending the exhibition in Friedrichshafen.
Lots of hams to greet and exchange views. Members, yes, but also friends. Some of them old friends of each year. Others just met for the first time. True ham spirit in the air. That's our hobby, that's EURAO.
Let's tell you what happened that weekend...
In the last General Assembly (2015-06-27) a new Board of Directors was elected for a period of two years: President ON4PM, Vicepresident YO9RIJ, Secretary-General EA3CIW and Treasurer EA3CWZ.
Good luck in your job, guys.
In a few weeks time, EURAO will be again at its booth (A1-563) of the Europe's No. 1 amateur radio exhibition.
June 26-28 is the appointment. This year also celebrating the 10th anniversary of EURAO, with special activities, in addition to the General Assembly on Saturday, technical meetings, project planning, discussions on strategy, etc. We are ready to go. And you?


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"When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right."
In just over a week, a new movie will be premiering across the country, and millions of people will line up for the opportunity to watch as the drama unfolds. What makes this upcoming film different from the others that will also be premiering throughout 2016 is that 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi tells the story of the heroes who fought to save lives during the Muslim terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate that cost the lives of four innocent Americans.
Even today, not many Americans realize the dangers that a few brave souls embraced that fateful night in Benghazi. 13 Hours does its best to rectify this lack of knowledge by providing, in vivid detail, a record of the heroic actions taken by these brave men who were willing to ignore their orders to do the right thing.
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The Clinton campaign is not happy with the upcoming film release because, while the movie is a-political and never mentions the names of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, and though it does touch (in passing) on something about a YouTube video… the movie accurately portrays what happened during that terrible attack. In so doing, the Obama/Clinton narrative of what happened in Benghazi falls apart. See, while the Obama Administration continues to argue that no one ever told the military to "Stand Down," those orders did come in loud and clear (and multiple times) to the men in Benghazi. Not only that, while Hillary Clinton likes to pretend that the YouTube video was a major point of discussion in the attack's aftermath, the movie (using well-researched and verified sources) proves that our military, intelligence and government all knew almost immediately that this had been an Al Qaeda planned terrorist attack.
13 Hours provides a historically accurate portrayal of what the eyewitnesses saw, heard, said, and did. It lays bare the lies of the Obama administration and the Clinton State Department.
"While the world watched, six men had the courage to do what was right.
This is the True Story you were never told."
But again, the movie isn't about the politics of Benghazi; it's about the heroic men who willingly put their lives at risk to save others.
Men like Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, who did the right thing, defied their orders, and gave their lives. They disobeyed direct orders to try to save the lives of those who had no way to defend themselves. "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." It's not just about Woods and Doherty who sacrificed everything to save some, it's about Kris "Tanto" Paronto, John "Tig" Tiegen, Mark "Oz" Geist, Jack Da Silva and the willingness of heroic men to sacrifice themselves to save others.
At the end of 13 Hours what we have learned is that true heroism is love. Love for your fellow man, love for those weaker than yourself, love for the man fighting beside you.
"For 13 Hours they had no support, but they had each other."
Go see 13 Hours, remember the brave heroes who sacrificed so much for their fellow Americans, and remember this story in November when it's time to cast your ballot for our next President.
The Obama administration and the Clinton State Department abandoned our people in Benghazi, then they turned around and lied to us about it. Hillary Clinton doesn't belong in the Oval Office — she belongs in a prison cell.
But don't take my word for it – listen to the men who lived the horror – and were left unsupported by their Commander in Chief and the Secretary of State.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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As part of the ongoing 'revolution' across campuses under Union HRD Minister, Smriti Irani, the Banaras Hindu University has come up with 'path-breaking' idea to arm its students with incredibly enlightening knowledge i.e. the evils of western culture.
If the Indian Express report is anything to go by, then the university, which has 33,000 students enrolled for various courses, is all set to include a special orientation campaign to make students aware of the "ill-effects of western culture" as part of its ongoing year-long centennial celebrations.
BHU's Public Relation Officer Rajesh Singh told the newspaper that the campaign's objective was "to make students aware of what is right and what is wrong."
The idea is a brainchild of the university Vice Chancellor, GC Tripathi, who blames the western phenomena such as the Valentine's Day celebrations for many prevalent evils in Indian society.
Tripathi said that Valentine's Day should not be celebrated on the BHU campus as it formed part of the western culture.
Teams of professors have been entrusted with the responsibilities to visit hostels classes and any areas on the campus, where students gather to lecture them on moral values ethics.
What's more, the university has sought the services of 'non-BHU intellectuals' , who will frequently dine with students in the hostels and visit them for orientation
Singh said that vulnerable students would also be urged to "remain alert" about the ill-effects of the western culture such as "live-in relationships" and "misuse of Internet."
"A skill development centre has also been established where students will be taught about Yoga, meditation and personality development," the university PRO was quoted by the paper.


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A 'Space Walk' at ILA2002
The chance to take a space walk drew thousands of visitors during the seven-day International Aerospace Exhibition ILA2002 in Berlin this month.
'The Space Walk', stretching over 1600 m2 of ILA hall 2, was a combined effort by the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Space Agency DLR and the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI).
The first three days of ILA2002 were dedicated to invited guests and the media. After opening the exhibition, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, visited the Space Walk. In all a total of 215 000 visitors, including 73 000 trade visitors, attended ILA2002.
Space industry round table
On Wednesday a round table discussion between ESA, DLR, BDLI and industrial representatives from European space industry took place on the question 'Is the industrial space sector organised in the best way to fulfil the European space strategy objectives?'
Dr Hans Kappler, Director of Industrial Matters and Technology Programmes in ESA, opened the discussion. Presentations followed from space industry leaders, including: Mr J. Kind (BDLI, Astrium), Mr A. Gaubert (Eurospace), Mr L. Baumgarten (DLR), Mr J-M. Luton (Arianespace) and Mr P-G. Lundh (Saab Ericsson Space). "It was a very fruitful and constructive discussion," said Dr Kappler.
You can read the transcript and join in this debate in an online forum to be launched within the next days on ESA's Industry website.
The European Future Launcher Preparatory Programme demonstrated both present and future launch technology.
One of the main attractions was a model of an Ariane 5 launcher, together with a Vulcain engine, the Ariane 5's main stage engine, which delivers more thrust than four Jumbo jet engines combined and consumes as much as 243 kg of liquid propellant per second during liftoff. Three workstations from Europe's largest engine test facility in Lampoldshausen in Germany showed the rigours of the testing of the giant engine.
A full-scale model of Phoenix, an experimental vehicle used to investigate and prove the technological feasibility of future reusable space transportation systems, was presented by Astrium.
Exploring the Solar System
Visitors were able to take a tour of our solar system and learn about the ESA missions that explore it in a 3D movie.
ESA's Rosetta mission is about to begin an eight-year journey to rendezvous with comet Wirtanen in 2011. It will study this comet for nearly two years, and will drop a Lander onto the surface.
Mars Express, the first European Mars mission, will be launched in June 2003 on its six-month journey to Mars. As well as a spacecraft model, visitors were able to inspect one of its instruments, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). The HRSC will provide unprecedented three-dimensional colour pictures of the Red Planet. In a Martian landscape the Beagle 2 Lander showed how it will perform investigations and measurements of rocks and soil on Mars.
Understanding our turbulent Universe
When black holes swallow up stars or explosions rack the galaxies, X-rays flash the news across the Universe. These are picked up by the most sensitive X-ray observatory ever built, XMM-Newton, which was on display at ILA2002. Also on display was the four-tonne INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) satellite planned to be launched later this year. It will record some of the most powerful electromagnetic radiation from the most violent events in our universe: exploding stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts and neutron stars.
Down to Earth
European space programmes for Earth observation, meteorological monitoring and navigation were presented including Europe's newly launched Earth guardian Envisat and the trusty workhorse ERS, the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X planned for launch 2005, the Meteosat second generation MSG due for launch this summer, MetOp, the German Champ (Challenging Mini-satellite Payload) and the two German satellites for the NASA mission GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate experiment).
The coming European navigation programme Galileo was a focus of interest. This ESA and European Union joint project will provide Europe with it own independent satellite-based navigation system, which will be fully operational in 2008 with a constellation of up to 30 satellites. In addition the project is predicted to create more than 100 000 new jobs for European industry.
International Space Station
Europe's contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) was represented by a 1:1 model of one of the sections of the Columbus research laboratory and a 1:4 model of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), an unmanned spacecraft that will be used to regularly ferry supplies and fuel to the station.
Also on display was a model of the X-38 - a prototype of a Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for the ISS. In the event of an emergency vehicles like this could be used to bring the astronauts safely back to Earth. Innovative structures are being developed for the prototype X-38 by German industry to resist the extreme stress and temperatures of up to 1800 degrees Celsius met during re-entry into the atmosphere of the 'lifeboat'.
Premiered at ILA was the new IMAX International Space Station 3D-movie, giving visitors a 50-minute ride 'onboard' the ISS.
By the end of the ILA week, more than 170 000 visitors had passed through the Space Walk to get an inside look at European and German space programmes. It proved a popular attraction for local schools, hopefully inspiring the next generation of European space industry leaders…


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A list of Giantess-focused manga that I have read, for anyone who wants suggestions. Feel free to leave a review with any series that I missed.
Categories: Giantess, Breasts, Butt, Gentle, Growing/Shrinking Out of Clothes, Growing Woman, Instant Size Change, Mouth Play, Slow Size Change
Characters: None
Growth: None
Shrink: None
Size Roles: F/f, F/m
Warnings: None
Series: Manga
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
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Last week, microserf posted this comment on the "No Need For God" thread:
Einstein, on his death bed, was asked if he believed in God, he stated that man believes in God because they need to, basically that man created God.
Micro's comment led me to do something I've been meaning to for some time now.
We live in a time when the secular-liberal media is saturated with accounts of famous people who profess(ed) their atheistic or agnostic doubts about the existence of God. The most recent account was of British scientist Stephen Hawking.
Rarely do we hear about the opposite — accounts of equally famous and accomplished people who became believers and were converted.
To redress that lacuna in popular media, I periodically will write a Sunday post on individuals who eventually came home to embrace a belief in their Creator. My first account is of the distinguished American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001).
A philosopher, educator, and prolific author of more than 45 books, Adler is most famous for being the editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and for co-founding, with Robert Hutchins, the Great Books of the Western World program.
I first encountered Adler when I was doing research for a book on Angels. Unlike the contemporary plethora of new agey books on angels, Adler's Angels and Us (New York: Macmillan, 1982) took seriously and approached the subject as a philosopher.
Adler considered what is often advanced as a conclusive argument against the existence of angels. Since the nineteenth century, doctrinaire materialists have held, as a basic presupposition, that nothing exists but corporeal things. Should that premise be allowed, the existence of noncorporeal beings such as angels would be precluded. As Adler put it, for materialists, "the notion of angels—of minds totally devoid of bodies—is anathema."
But Adler dismissed the materialist argument as nothing but an elementary fallacy because the argument assumes what it is required to establish. The materialist premise that only corporeal things exist is neither "self-evidently true; nor has any cogent demonstration of its truth ever been advanced." Given that, the contention that noncorporeal beings do not exist is "as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the reality of angels," except that the latter is an act of religious faith, whereas the former is "an act of anti-religious faith."
In the last analysis, the possibility or existence of angels turns on whether God exists for the simple reason that, being divine messengers, angels depend on God for their very creation and existence. Eschewing theology, Adler employed a rational philosophical mode of inquiry to systematically explore that question. In the end, despite his self-identification at the time as a "pagan" (which he defined as an irreligious person who does not worship the God of Christians, Jews, or Muslims), he concluded that "we have reasonable grounds for believing in God, not with certitude, but beyond a reasonable doubt."
Born a Jew in 1902, Adler was an agnostic for most of his life. Although he held a rational belief in a transcendent supreme being, he insisted that he lacked the gift of grace, finding himself unable to cross what he called the "great gulf between the mind and the heart."
In his last years, however, he made that transit.
In 1984, bedridden with illness, he sought solace in prayer and finally accepted the grace he had long sought. After a lifetime as a pagan, Adler professed his belief "not just in the God my reason so stoutly affirms . . . but the God . . . on whose grace and love I now joyfully rely."
Mortimer J. Adler died a Roman Catholic, on June 29, 2001.


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This first one was made from wool. The attention to detail was awesome and this was my vote for Viewer's Choice. The outside black triangles were appliqued to the red border. Without gushing too much, I liked about everything about this quilt, and did not understand why it did not have a ribbon on it. EVen the mistletoe on the bottom row - check out the detail.
Now the rest of these are in no particular order, but I'll meniton why I liked each one. This is a tradional Snails Trail, but I really liked the way she worked with the values on this one. The isles were too close to get full pictures, so you don't get the full effect.
This blue one had a neat setting. Don't recognise the pattern, but it could be the way she laid out the light and darks. It was a really striking quilt.
This simple little sailboat quilt. So simple and I just loved it. The colors were nice, and she did a great job fussy cutting fabrics for the sails and the body of the boats. Nice job.
This next one was a really fun quilt. Our Bee buddy that couldn't come with us has a scrub top made with these cats. I thought she might appreciate this quilt! Check out the Periodic Table of Elements in the center of the block and all the cats doing their medical things. Gail - this one is for you. Wish you could have come with us instead of having to go to work!
This simple Carpenters Wheel just talked to me. The 30's colors were just different than what you usually see. The quilting was nicely done and I could see this in my house or even in my granddaughters room!
Now, on the way home from the quilt show, we did stop at 'Gerlines Quilt Shoppe' and 'Around The Block' quilt shop, both in Giddings TX. Both are nice shops, and worth a look if you are on 290. Of course we also had to stop at Buc-ees to get Icees and beef jerky to get us the rest of the way home.


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Have you ever wondered how it feels to actually burst a thick load without wanking? Let's be honest, repeating the same routine of lubing up and stroking can be boring and less interesting. Having an alone time with yourself should be very pleasurable and exhilarating.
An American company Fleshlight4guys broke the internet when they launched a USB rechargeable automatic blowjob machine that does all the job for you. It has strong suction and 10 vibration speeds that automatically stroke your dick till you explode. It automatically heats up during use so it feels like a real human is going down on you. How good is that?
It feels warm and natural during use and you can select the stroking speed that you want. You can also delay orgasm so as to enjoy the pleasure for a longer time. If you would like to give it a try, you can go here to get one with free shipping. You can also check out their Instagram page: @fleshlight4guys


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This towel planter is interesting and fun to make. First, mix up your cement by adding water to the ready-mix concrete in the proper ratio. place the towel over a bucket and make sure any wrinkles on top are flattened. This is important so that the towel has a flat bottom when hardened.
Let the towel dry for 24-48 hours, to make sure it's completely hardened. The thickness of both the towel and concrete affect the drying time. The towel must be allowed to cure completely or it will eventually lose its shape. Then turn it upside down, remove the bucket
Let's see how Kims Garden make this planter in her video:
Check out the full tutorial via The Rustic Willow:


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The much hyped collaboration between James Lavelle, DJ Shadow and a team of the world's most popular alternative lyricists will surprise most knowledgable listeners with its understatement. Besides the opening rap and scratch, and a breakbeat jam near albums end are the only moments of turntable madness here, the rest of the tracks fit into a category I can only describe as trip-rock. Layered guitar, and subtle rhythmic grooves manipulated by heavyweight Shadow, create haunting soundscapes that are unsettling and often captivating. Featuring vocalists Thom Yorke (Radiohead), and Richard Ashcroft (the Verve), who were half their current stature when this project started more than two years ago, U.N.K.L.E. shows that the Mo' wax records founder has interests far from his labels roots in Jazz, hip-hop, and electro. If fans of individual contributors can loosen their expectations, they will enjoy a very moody, complicated ride.
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text: Lakeshore, Vine Investments to Co-Finance a Dozen Films 10:53 AM PDT 3/24/2015 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME AP Images Tom Rosenberg - H 2015 The deal expands the relationship between Lakeshore and the New York-based asset management firm. Lakeshore Entertainment and private equity firm Vine Alternative Investments Group are expanding their relationship, agreeing to co-finance a dozen films produced by Lakeshore. That's in addition to Lakeshore's credit facility with JPMorgan Chase bank. The Vine transaction, concluded by Lakeshore COO Eric Reid and CFO Marc Reid, comes as Lakeshore looks to grow its slate. Vine has been an investor in Lakeshore's corporate capital structure for several years. "Vine is a highly respected financial institution and they're also one of the most creative financial partners in the business," Lakeshore CEO Tom Rosenberg said in a statement. Added Vine's Jim Moore: "We are very pleased to be expanding our relationship with Lakeshore to help drive the company's growth. Their long, successful history managing both the creative and financial aspects of this business make them ideal partners for Vine's creative capital solutions." Lakeshore is next in theaters April 24 with The Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman and Ellen Burstyn, followed by The Vatican Tapes, starring Michael Pena and Djimon Hounsou, out July 24. Lakeshore's upcoming slate also includes The Boy, now in production and marking one of the first releases from STX Entertainment, and the film adaptation of Philip Roth's American Pastoral, directed by and starring Ewan McGregor alongside Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Pamela McClintock email@example.com @thr


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Taking a business trip or vacation can fun and fulfilling. You might forget some of the very best tips for having a great trip. Being a travel expert lets you do what you please during a trip. Read on to gain advice you can use to have a great journey.
One of the most important things you can do to prepare for travel is to itemize what you need to pack. Put together a list of things you must take with you. You can start doing this a couple of months out, but should be finished about a week before your trip. Even if you put off packing until the last minute, you can look at your list to avoid taking too much, or worse, forgetting something vital.
Unfortunately, you cannot depend on an airline to see to your needs, even if your traveling involves a lengthy flight. Pack your headphones, a blanket and even a pillow if you feel like you will use them. Perhaps you should bring some snacks if it is allowed.
If you are staying in hotels, especially in countries that are less developed and you worry about a break-in at night in your room, take a doorstop along. The little rubber or wooden wedges can be used to keep your door shut, although they are often used to keep doors open.
If it just won't do to leave your cherished pet at home, figure out how she can come along! There are many resorts and hotels that now allow owners to bring their pets along, and travelers are flocking to these types of places. Some resorts, cruises and other establishments welcome pets. You can being your pet along as long as you make the appropriate plans ahead of time.
There are many expectations when it comes to traveling, and you don't want to let these consume you. Use these tips for your next trip. It's worth taking the time to become educated on travel, as you will need this information at some point.


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How to reach us
The nearest airports are The Marco Polo of Venice, circa 45 Kilometers from Caorle, and the Canova of Treviso , circa 55 Kilometers. Both of them have got the shuttle to the nearest train station.The property can arrange transfer service upon request and at discounted price for all guests. [b]IF YOU LAND IN VENICE[/b] You can reach the train station by shuttle, you can take the train to Portogruaro ( or Santo Stino di Livenza or San donà di Piave). From there you can take the bus to Caorle. Alternatively, you can directly take the bus direction Caorle , just outside the airport. [b]IF YOU LAND IN TREVISO[/b] You can reach the train station of Treviso by shuttle, you can take the train to Portogruaro ( or Santo Stino di Livenza or San donà di Piave).From there you can take the bus to Caorle. [b]IF YOU ARRIVE TO CAORLE BY CAR[/b] Take the motorway A4 Venezia- Trieste and take the exit in Santo Stino di Livenza. It is very simple to reach Caorle, you can follow the signs. When you reach Caorle turn right and follow the signs to Porto Santa Marghertita. Don't enter to Caorle but turn right before the big bridge. Follow to Porto Santa Margherita and the signs to the Swimming hall (Piscina Comunale). In front of it there is the church and after 200 m. you will find our Village at the left side. [b]Motorway[/b] A4 Venezia – Trieste If you are arriving from Milan - Bologna exit at San Stino di Livenza. Coming from Trieste take the exit Latisana or Portogruaro or San Stino Livenza . [b]Airport[/b] Airoport of Venice Marco Polo (VCE) Airport ofi Treviso-Sant'Angelo (TSF) [b]Bus station[/b] San Donà di Piave Portogruaro San Stino di Livenza


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Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch. These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are the ones we will be watching closely: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET); The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL); AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL); BMC Software Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC); Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: CMO); Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG); Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR); JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU); Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE: LVS); NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ); and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM).
We have provided estimates from Thomson Reuters on each and offered commentary and guidance on some of these companies. More detailed previews will be available Tuesday morning for the reports due after the closing bell:
Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) estimates are $0.98 EPS and $8.49 billion. Watch the medical loss ratio here as it seems to be in quarters past that insurance outfits have been making more money than they were supposed to be making once the new healthcare laws go into effect. With shares around $44, the year high is $46.01.
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) will prove if it has everyone in good hands or not. Thomson Reuters has estimates of $0.97 EPS. With shares around $29, its 52-week range is $22.27 to $34.40.
AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) has now seen shares bounce 60% off of the bottom and that is despite the recent news that Facebook is taking much of the new advertising market share. Estimates are $0.16 EPS per Thomson Reuters data but we just saw $0.28 noted in a Dow Jones preview yesterday. That being said, we are staying out of this one.
BMC Software Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC) is expected to post $0.82 EPS on almost $556 million in sales.
Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: CMO) is not a market moving stock, but investors who are into the world of high-yielding mortgage REITs will be watching. The estimate is $0.41 EPS (actually FFO) and the next dividend will be likely dependent upon that report. Its dividend yield screens north of 13% today.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is a cult stock if there every was one and now its valuation is close to $11.5 billion and the stock is within 2% of its all-time high. Thomson Reuters has a consensus of $1.83 EPS and $591.1 million in sales. For 2012, the estimates are $8.68 EPS and 2.7 billion in revenues.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is another huge cult stock down on its luck from recent highs. The stock is still down by more than half. Thomson Reuters has estimate at $0.36 EPS and $1.06 billion in sales.
JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) still has a huge shareholder base that got buried in the first big tech bubble. At $12.75, the 52-week range is $8.59 to $29.12. Thomson Reuters has a consensus of $0.10 EPS and $390.9 million.
Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE: LVS) is also within striking distance of a near-term high as shares are currently around $49.00 against a 52-week range of $36.05 to $50.68. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters are $0.57 EPS and $2.46 billion in sales.
NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is a value stock when it comes to the exchanges and it is not supposedly trying to do any crazy merger right now. At $25.00 the 52-week range is $20.32 to $29.71. The consensus estimate is $0.62 EPS and $417.8 million.
QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)is within striking distance of its yearly high as shares are around $58.80 and the 52-week range is $45.98 to $59.84. Thomson Reuters has estimates of $0.90 EPS on $4.57 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.89 EPS and $4.49 billion in sales. Keep in mind that if it rallies much more than the current $98.8 billion market cap will be $100 billion.


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A commissioned officer in the Maryland militia, Major Andrew Ellicott was a highly accomplished surveyor who, along with Pennsylvania's David Rittenhouse, extended the Mason-Dixon line westward to its originally intended terminus at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania in 1784. English surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon had been forced to halt their work at the 244-mile point in 1767 due to the threat of hostile Native Americans. The following year, Ellicott was hired to revisit this survey in order to establish and mark 100 miles of the western boundary of Pennsylvania, a line that came to be known as "Ellicott's Line".In 1789, Virginia and Maryland had joined together in donating territory to establish a new federal capital city on the banks of the Potomac River. At the suggestion of President George Washington, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson asked Ellicott to perform the first survey of the District of Columbia.
Ellicott and his assistant, Benjamin Banneker, began work in the spring of 1791. The following year Washington asked Ellicott to finish Pierre Charles l'Enfant's plan for the city. L'Enfant was a military engineer appointed by President George Washington to plan the new nation's capital city in March 1791. He had been dismissed from the project because his perfectionism made him difficult to work with, however, his dedication to perfection shaped a plan that has stood the test of time. Ellicott found it necessary to make some changes to L'Enfant's plan. He changed the alignment of Massachusetts Avenue, eliminated five short radial avenues, added two short radial avenues southeast and southwest of the Capitol, and named the city streets. In less than one month Ellicott had a plan ready for the engravers. A few months later Ellicott, like l'Enfant, found himself at odds with the Commissioners and resigned from the project.


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Conquer your Inbox
With Wunderlist for Outlook
We are super excited to bring you our first Integration with Microsoft Office - say hello to Wunderlist for Outlook! Every day your inbox get inundated with emails. And it's all too easy to lose track of emails that are more tasks than correspondence. With that in mind, we've worked closely with the Outlook team to bring you a simple way of getting your tasks out of your inbox and into your to-do lists.
Please note: The new Outlook.com is scheduled to be available to everyone by August 2016.
Divide and Conquer
To get the most out of Wunderlist for Outlook, it's best to adopt the mantra of 'divide and conquer'... As soon as you open an email, decide its fate—Reply, Delete or Add to Wunderlist. When you come across an email that's more task than correspondence, click the Wunderlist button.
You'll see the add-in slide into your email. Wunderlist then instantly turns the subject into the task name and the body into a note. Select the list you wish to send your email to, set a helpful Reminder, then click 'Add to Wunderlist'. Without ever having to leave Outlook, you can quickly and easily plan your day. N.B. If your version of Outlook doesn't show the button as above, click here.
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Now that you've got your inbox taken care of, let's take a look at the other Wunderlist for Outlook feature. Whether you need to loop a teammate into a project at work or share your vacation plans with a loved one, you can use our Outlook add-in to share a list via email.
When you're writing or replying to an email just click on the Wunderlist button. Your lists will then show in the right sidebar. Choose the relevant list, click 'Share List' and the rest is magic! When your friend or teammate opens up the email, all they need to do is click on the 'View List' button and they can start collaborating right away.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest soccer players of all time; either you envy, love, or hate him. The Portuguese forward grew up in Madeira, and was later spotted at a young age by Manchester United's legendary manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. Ronaldo spent 6 years at Manchester United and won many trophies for his team — to later move to Real Madrid, becoming the world's most expensive player.
The 32-year-old superstar is the fastest hat-trick player in the UEFA Champion's League for Real Madrid; the first player to score in every minute of a game; the only player in history to have scored 60 or more goals in a calendar year four times (consecutively 2011 to 2014); the most goals in the Champions League (103), as well as home goals, away goals, knockout stage goals, and assists; and the list goes on.
His journey began from humble beginnings, and he made it to the very top of the soccer world by breaking a great number of domestic and international records. Ronaldo's former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, described him as the "perfect example of someone who made himself," as well as one of the most courageous players he has ever known.
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People on social media — particularly British fans — often describe him as being "horrible" or "arrogant," owing to his infamous "wink" at the 2006 World Cup and his later alleged statement, suggesting people are jealous of his success and good looks. However, there is a side of Ronaldo that few talk about.
In his long career, he has provided innumerable moments where he has proven himself to be a good guy, moments that tend to go unnoticed owing to the media frenzy to spread false information and turn the public's opinion against him. The Real Madrid superstar is a far nicer human being than many give him credit for.
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John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), the British economist who advocated government intervention to regulate financial health, has lately been cited in the Japanese press in reference to the current administration's plan to raise the consumption tax (CT). When he held the post of finance minister for five months right before becoming prime minister in June of last year, Naoto Kan famously remarked that he didn't understand Keynes, who believed in the multiplying effect of stimulus: If you inject money into the economy, either through subsidies or tax cuts, people will spend that money and the economy will expand in various ways.
Before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the CT argument was centered on public welfare — more exactly, how to take care of Japan's rapidly aging society. Now the argument is doubly urgent, since funds are desperately needed for reconstruction. Kan has already proposed issuing new bonds and raising the consumption tax from 5 percent to 8 percent for three years. The bond proposal has received mixed reactions since it would increase Japanese debt, which is already the highest in the world, thus further undermining international confidence in Japan. But the main discussion in the media is about taxes. Would an increase do more harm than good?
On a recent edition of the TV Asahi talk show "Morning Bird," several economists discussed the wisdom of a hypothetical ¥10 trillion tax cut. Based on the Keynesian model, such a reduction could be expected to grow the economy by ¥1.2 trillion, which would be great. However, a tax cut means the government takes in less money and the debt would also grow. Moreover, the Japanese public has been skittish about spending, especially when the general psychological mood tends toward uncertainty about the future, a situation exacerbated by the disaster. There's no guarantee that people wouldn't just take the tax cut and stash it away.
Consequently, many economists say a tax increase is the only answer. Surveys indicate that the public was accepting of a consumption tax boost immediately following the disaster, but has since cooled to the idea. What everybody insists on, however, is that if there is to be a tax it should somehow be "fair."
The CT is supposed to be the fairest, since everyone pays an equal percentage across the entire range of incomes, but the main problem is that traditionally an increase in the CT leads to a check on consumption, and Japan's consumption is sluggish enough as it is, what with the lingering recession and further disincentives to spend such as the jishuku (self-restraint) trend that prevailed in the aftermath of the disaster. Kan's three-year period may make the matter even worse. Though some commentators believe that the nonpermanent condition of the proposal is nothing more than a Trojan Horse to sneak in a series of permanent CT increases, even if consumers believe it won't they may put off large-scale purchases for the next three years.
Some economists prefer a tax on savings. The guests on the TV Asahi show talked about a one-time 1-percent levy on certain bank accounts. It's estimated that the money socked away in such accounts amounts to ¥700 trillion, which would mean the government could collect ¥7 trillion in one fell swoop and have an instant fund with which to implement reconstruction. It would take much longer to collect that much money through a consumption tax.
Another advantage of a savings tax is that it is less burdensome on lower-income families, who usually don't have much in the way of savings. It's also easier to carry out: Just get the banks to hand over the money rather than trusting merchants and other businesses to collect consumption tax, a notoriously fallible system. Richer people might opt to spend more of their savings, which is OK, or move it into securities, which is even more OK since it would boost stock prices. The biggest danger is people shipping their money overseas or simply taking it out of the bank and sticking it in their mattresses — or tansu (wardrobes), as the Japanese idiom has it.
Nevertheless, the savings tax is still a tax, which means it could potentially suppress economic activity. Moreover, as a lesser-of-two-evils construct it lulls the public into thinking that taxes are the only solution to the problem, but there are other sources of money available.
One is maizokin, the fabled "hidden money" that government ministries and agencies keep on hand for their own purposes. The small Your Party (Minna no To) has been wanting to tap this treasure chest for years, and the party's secretary-general, Kenji Eda, told TV Asahi that reconstruction could at least be partially subsidized by the ¥6.5 trillion currently sitting unused in the unemployment insurance savings account. For whatever reason, the labor ministry habitually collects much more for unemployment benefits than they give out. The remainder they invest in public works projects that have no other purpose than to provide something to do for their own bureaucrats and related agencies.
Eda implied that the Democratic Party of Japan could scrape together up to ¥15 trillion from various maizokin sources, but that would require a considerable measure of political will since the bureaucracy isn't going to relinquish the money without a fight. At bottom, political will is what the debate is all about. The last time Kan talked about raising the CT his party lost big in a general election, not so much because he suggested an increase, but rather because he changed his mind. The same lack of resolve characterizes the discussion about reconstruction. The ruling DPJ talks about securing money before they even know how much they'll need and what they're going to spend it on. You don't need to understand Keynes to realize that's going about the whole matter backwards.


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This news is a little bit late, but its worth mentioning. Evidently CNBC is reporting that Wells Fargo Bank is banning its employees from participating in peer-to-peer lending platforms like Prosper.com and LendingClub.com. The main reason is because peer-to-peer lending has started to cut into the business that Wall Street Players like Wells Fargo have traditionally enjoyed. Wells Fargo doesn't like it so they've banned their employees from participating.
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Wells Fargo has banned its employees from lending their own money through peer-to-peer loan platforms, in a sign of growing tensions between new "P2P" lenders and the largest U.S. bank by market value.
"Ethics administrators" at Wells Fargo decided to forbid staff from P2P lending after concluding "that for-profit peer-to-peer lending is a competitive activity that poses a conflict of interest."
Tensions between banks and peer-to-peer platforms have arisen because the P2P model cuts traditional lenders out by matching capital directly with borrowers. The juicy yields on offer have attracted investments from a range of would-be lenders, including hedge funds and private individuals.
The CNBC piece does raise some concerns for users of Prosper.com – evidently the article also says that some of the wall street players have been exploring ways to securitize peer-to-peer originated loans. If true this gives credence to rumors that Prosper.com is moving towards a two tiered approach for loans access. The rumors, although I haven't been able to substantiate them, suggest that Prosper is giving access to the best quality loans to its institutional clients – leaving the lower quality, lower return loans for Joe and Jane average. This is because in order to securitize the loans, prosper would need to provide large blocks of loans meeting various criteria (e.g. borrower reliability, risk/return metrics, etc.) for corporate clients who have the money to make bulk purchases. If true, this would be a clear betrayal of the original spirit of the peer-to-peer model, which promised democratic access for both lenders and borrowers.
For more on the DINKS saga with prosper feel free to check out:
Crashing and Burning at Prosper.com
Another Prosper Borrower Goes Bankrupt
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CHESTER Zoo has confirmed that a much-loved elephant who has been with them for nearly 30 years has sadly died.
The city's popular visitor attraction said it was with an "extremely heavy heart" that they share news of the death of Asian elephant, Thi Hi Way.
Thi, who was the long-time matriarch of the family herd of Asian elephants at Chester Zoo, had been living with arthritis which was linked to her early years spent in a logging camp in Myanmar.
Elephant care experts at the charity zoo had been helping her with daily medication and innovative hydrotherapy sessions for some time but sadly the treatment programme finally began to lose effect.
Following a period of intensive end-of-life care and an irreversible decline in her condition, the "hugely difficult decision" was made to put her to sleep.
Thi was a great grandmother and had given birth to several calves in her time, including Assam in 2000 and Anjan in 2018.
Conservationists have paid tribute to the "extraordinary legacy" she's left on the endangered species.
Mike Jordan, Director of Animals and Plants at Chester Zoo, said: "This is a truly heartbreaking day. Generations of zoo visitors and the vast majority of our staff have never known a Chester Zoo without great grandmother elephant, Thi Hi Way.
"She was deeply loved and will be enormously missed. Thi was a giant within the global conservation community.
"While today is terribly sad, we also look back and celebrate her life and remember the hugely positive impact she's had – not just on the multi-generational family herd here at Chester but on Asian elephant research, understanding and conservation, globally.
"Thi had a big personality. She was a real ambassador for her species and, in many ways, a pioneer. A great deal of what conservationists know about Asian elephant biology and behaviour and the way that these remarkable animals live and reproduce has been learnt from Thi and her offspring.
"She has greatly enhanced our collective knowledge of this wonderful species and leaves an extraordinary legacy, one which has benefitted, and will continue to benefit, Asian elephants everywhere.
"Chester Zoo is at the forefront of the fight for endangered Asian elephants and Thi will always be remembered as an integral part of that."
Alan Littlehales, a Keeper who worked with Thi for more than two decades, added: "I've known Thi for over 20 years and she was dearly beloved; a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother and central to the growing family herd at the zoo.
"Thi was a hugely influential elephant. She has helped us to completely revolutionise how to best care for elephants in progressive zoos and these world-class husbandry techniques are now influencing elephant care globally.
"We'll always remember Thi Hi Way. She was a huge personality and her solid, steady presence will be greatly missed."
Thi's exact date of birth is not known as she was born in Myanmar where she spent several years living in a logging camp before being rescued by conservationists working for London Zoo.
After a short period living there she moved to Chester in 1991.