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How does GDPR impact me as an Independent Modere Social Marketer?
Social Marketers must maintain the confidentiality of consumers and site users by complying with the privacy laws, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in each country from which they receive consumer information. Social Marketers must post, in a prominent location, a "Privacy Statement" that informs consumers whether or not personal information is being collected about them and how such information will be used. Social Marketers may not sell, trade or use consumer or site user information. Social Marketers may only use such information in connection with Modere Business Activity. If any person or entity requests that their information not be used, the Social Marketer must immediately honor such request.
Failure to comply with GDPR requirements and these policies may constitute a breach of your agreement and your Social Marketer account would be subject to further discipline in accordance with Section 12 of the Policies and Procedures. Any questions you have may be directed to email@example.com.
Where can I find my account information?
You can find your account information by clicking on My Account.
How can I reset my password?
You can reset your password in My Account. Simply type in a new password and confirm it. Then click "Update Info" to save the new password.
Can I change the currency associated with my account?
No. The currency of your account defaults to the country of your billing address. The currency can either be Pound Sterling or Euro. This means that you will receive your commission and bonuses in the default currency of your account and you will pay for your purchases on www.modere.eu in this currency as well.
How do I change my Social Marketer account to a Customer account?
Please download a Social Marketer Account Cancellation Request form from the Resources area and complete it. Send the completed form to us scanned and attached to an email, or via post. Upon receipt of a properly completed form, we will terminate your account which cancels the Social Marketer Agreement. Please note that you will still be bound to Modere for one year following cancellation of the Agreement as outlined in the section on "Conflicts of Interest" in the Policies and Procedures. You can subsequently open a Customer account online under your current Sponsor.
What are your delivery rates?
For our most current delivery rates, please refer to Delivery Rates.
What is the maintenance fee?
The maintenance fee is a service fee charged monthly by Modere for the calculation of commission and bonuses as outlined in the Compensation Plan and for generating the documents relevant to this income.
How much is the maintenance fee?
For the most current information on the rate of the maintenance fee, please refer to Miscellaneous Fees and Charges available in the Resources section on www.shiftingretail.eu.
Is the maintenance fee refundable?
No, the maintenance fee is not refundable, either in whole or in part.
How can I obtain my commission statements?
Your commission statements can be downloaded from the Earnings Statement area in the Tools area which you'll find in the Dashboard.
As of when are commission statements available?
New compensation statements are available for downloading at the latest around the 14th or the 15th of each month.
I can't find my commission statement for the previous month. What do I do?
Commission statements are only issued if you earned commission in the previous month. Contact us if you want to be sure.
How long are commission statements available for downloading?
Commission statements will remain available for downloading for 5 entire calendar years starting with the November 2014 commission statement.
What is the purpose of the self-bill?
The purpose of the self-bill is that you are provided directly by Modere with an invoice stating your Modere earnings. It saves you the time to issue an invoice to Modere for your services and speeds up the process for Modere to pay you. You can use this self-bill to transmit to your accountant for income tax and VAT purposes as warranted.
Why does VAT not feature on the self-bill?
Modere Europe is a company registered in Belgium and opted to apply a ruling issued by the Belgian government that VAT need not be stated on the self-bill. Modere however do declare earnings from Social Marketers to their respective home countries.
What is a "fiche nr. 281.50"?
A fiche nr. 281.50 ("fiche") is an annual statement issued by a business to record, among others, commissions and bonuses granted to a third party within a given tax or income year. The commissions or bonuses may have been granted regularly or irregularly. The commissions and bonuses constitute income according to Belgian tax legislation. Modere refers to these commission and bonuses on your commission statements as "Entitlements".
The date of the entitlement determines whether the entitlement is reported for a particular income year. For instance, a commission entitlement paid in January 2015 for the month of December 2014 will be part of the fiche for income year 2015. However, a commission entitlement for December 2015 will not be included in your fiche for income year 2015 as it is paid in January 2016.
To be compliant with Belgian tax legislation, Modere issues this fiche for each Social Marketer with combined entitlements as of €125.00 and must provide a copy of each fiche to the Belgian tax authorities. It is irrelevant whether these entitlements were deposited in your bank account or left on your Modere account.
Can you provide me with a copy of this fiche in my own language?
No. As the Modere offices are located in the Flemish region in Belgium, the fiche is mandatorily issued in Dutch.
I'm not a Belgian resident. Do I need to use this form for my income tax return or provide it to my local tax office?
Modere advises its Social Marketers to seek advice from an expert as to their tax obligations.
Are bonuses included in the amount on the fiche?
Indeed, the earnings reported on the fiche are commissions and any kind of bonuses that Modere may have granted to you in the income year for as far as the combined amount of commissions and bonuses is equal to or exceeds €125.00 in the given income year. The reported earnings are identified as "Entitlements" on your monthly commission statements.
What is the Belgian tax year?
The Belgian tax year coincides with the calendar year.
What is the currency of the amount stated on the fiche?
The currency is euro.
When and where can I find my annual fiche?
Modere usually issues the fiche by or prior to the middle of May of the year following the income year.
You can download your fiche from the Back Office on www.shiftingretail.eu, in fact from the same location where you can download your commission statement.
I can't find my fiche in the Back Office on www.shiftingretail.eu. What do I do?
If your Modere income amounts to less than €125.00 in an income year, Modere does not issue a fiche. You can check your total earnings in a given fiscal year by totalling the amounts of your "Entitlements", listed in your monthly commission statements, for the given fiscal year. If you earned more than €125.00 in the given income year and your statement is not available, please contact us.
How do you communicate that the fiche is available?
We communicate the availability of the fiche via the Modere Memo.
How long will you keep the fiches available in the back office on www.shiftingretail.eu?
Starting from the fiche relating to income year 2015, the fiches will be available on the website for 5 entire calendar years.
Where can I find a report listing my Sales Organisation and their purchases so far?
The Social Marketer Tools area in the Dashboard provides you with a Network report as well as a report on the activity of your Customer Pod.
When may I expect payment of my commission and bonuses?
You can expect to find any commission or bonuses that you qualified for on your bank account around the 20th of the month.
When does the volume month close?
Volume months close on the last day of the calendar month even if that day falls on a weekend or a national holiday. D1 and above have two more days to finalise their qualifications. On these days they must place their qualifying orders via the shop on www.modere.eu.
Which basic criterion must I satisfy to earn with Modere's Compensation Plan?
The basic criterion is obtaining 150AP in the given month. AP or Activity Points are the combined value of your own and your new Customers' points. Our Compensation Plan and the training documents in the Back Office explain the different bonuses and commission you could earn as well as the additional requirements.
How can I satisfy the 150AP requirement if I don't focus on acquiring new customers?
In that case you can place a single order of 150MP yourself or set up a SmartShip order of at least 150MP per month. Our Compensation Plan provides more information. If you'd like to know more about SmartShip, visit our FAQ on www.modere.eu.
Is my MP or the CP of my Customers impacted by discounts that you offer or returns that I make?
Yes, you definitely must consider that MP and also CP is impacted by discounts or coupons Modere may offer or returns that you make.
Is there a difference between the MP and the CP associated with your individual products?
No, MP and CP for one and the same product is equal.
How can I be successful with Modere?
To be successful with Modere have a read through the "Getting Started" training guide, listen to and reflect on the videos in your Starter Kit, take some of the training available in the Training section in the Back Office of www.shiftingretail.eu, understand the basics of our Compensation Plan and finally talk to your Upline. Also stay tuned to the Modere Memo for information on Modere Regionals where you can network with like-minded individuals. And last but not least, love our brand and embrace our Live Clean philosophy!
Where can I find my referral code?
You can find your referral code in your account information on the Modere and Shifting Retail websites.
Which markets are supported by Modere globally?
Modere is present in:
Australia: www.modere.com.au and www.shiftingretail.com.au
Canada (NFR) and the USA: www.modere.com and www.shiftingretail.com
Europe: www.modere.eu and www.shiftingretail.eu
Japan: www.modere.co.jp and www.shiftingretail.jp (please contact email@example.com prior to sponsoring a Social Marketer)
New Zealand: www.modere.co.nz and www.Shiftingretail.co.nz
I want to sponsor in another market. Should I register in that market?
No, that isn't required. Your referral code will work to sponsor Social Marketers and Customers in any Modere market. You only need to register if you want to purchase from that market or if you want to gain access to the other market's Shifting Retail Back Office.
Are all Modere markets aligned regarding their policies and procedures?
No, there are differences. If you wish to expand your sales organisation globally, you must familiarise yourself with the other markets' policies and procedures.
Is Modere aligned on the policy that relates to the change of sponsor of a Customer?
No. If you intend to sponsor Customers in another market, it is advised to query that market on their policy for the change of sponsor of a Customer.
Do I need access to the other market's Shifting Retail Back Office to see my sales organisation in that market?
No, you can view your entire sales organisation via the reports available in your home country's Shifting Retail Back Office.
What is the best way to invite prospective Customers to Modere?
To invite prospective Customers who are residents of one of the countries supported by Modere Europe it is best to use the Share the Love invite email or link. You can find both on the Share the Love main page when you are logged in.
To invite prospective Customers who are residents of another Modere market where you aren't registered, you should provide your referral code and ask the prospect to enter this code in the referral code field when they open an account on the local Modere website. Links of the all the Modere websites are shown above.
What is the best way to invite prospective Social Marketers to Modere?
To invite prospective Social Marketers who are residents of one of the countries served by Modere Europe, we advise you to share the link of your European PWP.
To invite prospective Social Marketers who are residents of another Modere market where you haven't registered, you should provide your referral code and ask the prospect to enter this code when prompted to do so during the registration process on the local Shifting Retail website. Links of all the Shifting Retail sites are shown above.


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|The Integer Group
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|Web Developer
At The Integer Group, we've created an environment based on the beliefs that there are no challenges that can't be met, no problems that can't be solved, and no conventions that can't be broken. Our drive and determination create energy – electricity that courses through every brainstorming session and into every project and that manifests itself not only in the work we produce but in our surroundings.
Creating groundbreaking work that drives sales and wins awards is what we strive for on every project, for every brand and every client. We've produced great work for some of the biggest brands in the world and for some that you've probably never heard of. But no matter the size of the client, they always know what to expect from our agency: innovative thinking, big ideas, and an all-consuming passion. For the business. For the brands. For the future.
What can you bring to Integer?
We are currently seeking a Web Developer in our Lakewood, Colorado agency. This position works directly with the IT Manager on continuing development, customization, and maintenance of the company Intranet. Duties include developing internal applications using PHP programming language; administer database structures of MySQL backend databases, perform special programming and database projects as requested and provide assistance with integrating our Intranet with our other systems.
Qualified candidates will have:
Interested? Please apply online at jobs.integer.com.
Still not convinced? Feel free to explore our website at www.integer.com
The Integer Group is one of the nation's leading promotional advertising and marketing agencies. Founded in 1993, the agency has offices in Denver, Dallas, and Des Moines and a network of field offices from coast to coast. The Integer Group is part of Omnicom Group, Inc., a leading global-marketing and corporate-communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, direct mail, promotional marketing, public relations, and other specialty communication services to more than 5,000 clients in over 100 countries.
The Integer Group Denver was named 8th best Medium-sized company to work for in the USA in 2007 by the Great Place to Work Institute Inc. For more information on Great Place to Work, check out: www.greatplacetowork.com
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MS fixes phone-home nagware
WGA patch issued
Microsoft has patched a controversial nagware update that "phoned home" every time Windows started. Redmond has also issued an advisory with instructions on how to remove the software.
The component was designed to enforce its 'Windows Genuine Advantage' anti-piracy program, by nagging users into a state of obedience. Every time the PC was activated, the "notifications" (Redmond-speak for nag) portion of WGA checked its state against a central server, and then invited users of non-compliant software where they could "learn more about the benefits of using genuine Windows software."
Quite why Windows needed to phone home simply to remind itself to pester users is one of the more curious features of the program. But Microsoft's own channel fell foul of the warnings: two distributors said they'd received false positives for legitimate Windows installations. A year ago Microsoft made WGA mandatory for all Windows users seeking software updates or patches, and the Notifications nag was rolled out world wide on May 30, on what Microsoft describes a 'voluntary' basis.
Today Microsoft says a new version of WGA will no longer make the daily "phone home" call.
In a release titled "Windows Genuine Advantage Bolsters Frontline in Anti-Piracy Fight", Microsoft said it has also changed the End User License Agreement (EULA) with a General Availability EULA that makes its purpose clearer to users. And there's a new Knowledge Base advisory, over here, where you can learn how to both disable the nagware, or delete it completely. ®


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Zöld Pardon
Zöld Pardon is located directly next to the Petöfi bridge and is very popular to the public during the summer period. This is for the multitude of live concerts of Hungarian bands that play their music in the evening. It is spacious and aside from the several bars they offer plenty of space to party. The music style ranges from Hip Hop on the one dance floor, to Pop music on the other, where the more commercial music is being played. The Hungarians refer to Zöld Pardon as 'ZP'.
The entrance to Zöld Pardon is not free, but the drinks are not pricey either, nor is the food. Mind that Zöld Pardon is an outside club which is magnificent during the hotter evenings spent in Budapest. It is a good place to share a cold drink and enjoy the local music. The crowd ranges from the younger ones up to those in their forties.
Address: 1117 Budapest, Goldmann György tér, south side
Phone: 00.36.1.279.18.80
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Web: www.zp.hu/alien
Public Transport Access: Trams 4 and 6, busses 203 and 212. Get of at the Petőfi híd, budai hídfő station
Opening hours: From 15th April to 11th September every day from 9 am to 6 am


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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Israeli Companies Suspected of Spying Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Israeli Companies Suspected of Spying Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message igotthisguitarJoined: 08 Apr 2003Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation) Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject: Israeli Companies Suspected of Spying Israeli Companies Suspected of Spying By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 1, 3:33 PM ET JERUSALEM - It started out as a family feud. But a small-time computer break-in has erupted into Israel's biggest business scandal in decades, reaching into some of the country's powerful corporate suites and jolting the cozy world of the industrial elite. ( An unidentified lawyer, right, speaks with private investigators Zvika Krochmal, second right, and Ofer Fried, second left who were both arrested as part of a police investigation of a computer espionage scandal ) Top Israeli blue chip companies, including a high-tech giant that trades in New York, are suspected of using illicit surveillance software to steal information from their rivals and enemies. The list of victims is equally impressive, ranging from a cigarette importer to the local operations of the Ace hardware chain and Hewlett-Packard Co. Even a well-known TV entertainment reporter is caught up in the affair, claiming hackers invaded his computer to get phone numbers of celebrities. The investigation has shed an unflattering light on the Israeli business world, where cutthroat competition in a small market, high-tech sophistication and the secretive traditions of the army form a volatile mix. The case is also attracting the attention of top security software makers. Software firms in the U.S. have been updating their products to defend against similar outbreaks. Sever Plocker, a leading Israeli economic commentator, said the scandal could have "unpleasant consequences" for foreign investment. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050601/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_high_tech_hijinks Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — An index of German investor optimism rose more than expected in December, suggesting market professionals think Europe's largest economy will avoid an outright recession.
The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment rose to plus 6.9 points, from minus 15.7 in November. Markets had expected the index to rise only to minus 11.5.
Wolfgang Franz, head of the ZEW, or Centre for European Economic Research, said Tuesday the results showed that while German growth would cool off through the rest of the year but that Germany will "not have to face a recession."
However, he said that largely depended on the debt crisis afflicting the 17-country eurozone does not deepen again.
Though market fears that a European government will need a bailout or default on its debt have eased in recent months, the news that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to leave office ahead of schedule has renewed some tensions this week. Monti's announcement came at the very end of the survey period, on Saturday.
ZEW surveyed 278 investment professionals from Nov. 26 through Dec. 10.
Germany's economy grew a modest 0.2 percent in the third quarter and expectations are for another weak quarter in the last three months of the year.
Other indexes of business optimism such as Germany's Ifo index and surveys of purchasing managers have also risen recently.
Berenberg Bank senior economic Christian Schulz said the ZEW result indicates that the European Central Bank's forecast for the eurozone as a whole next year may be too pessimistic.
Last week, the ECB said the eurozone would likely contract 0.3 percent next year as opposed to its previous forecast of 0.5 percent growth.
"This could spring positive surprises for them in the new year and thus reduce the likelihood of any further rate cut," Schulz said.


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Laid-off auto salesman Fred Mola of Franklin Lakes, N.J., is standing at the Bear Mountain Zoo's rocky bear den and agreeing that bears and other working wildlife in the zoo should get a thumbs-up on Labor Day — maybe a Working Wildlife Labor Day parade led by the United Federation of Zoo Black Bears Local 9W.
Laid-off auto salesman Fred Mola of Franklin Lakes, N.J., is standing at the Bear Mountain Zoo's rocky bear den and agreeing that bears and other working wildlife in the zoo should get a thumbs-up on Labor Day — maybe a Working Wildlife Labor Day parade led by the United Federation of Zoo Black Bears Local 9W.
You know, like the parade we working stiffs throw for ourselves.
After all, Labor Day salutes the economic and social contribution of workers.
And the Bear Mountain Zoo's two black bears, brother and sister Pal and Sadie, are hard workers. But like any hard workers, they do occasionally find time to do a little loafing.
If they're not in their concrete pool tossing around orange and blue beach balls, they're hugging each other or chasing the black vultures who try to steal scraps in the bear den.
The bears' really big crowd-pleaser is eating.
Right now they're bulking up for winter, so adoring crowds get to watch three power-packed meals hand-delivered by head keeper Melissa Gillmer and assistant zookeeper Laura Cummins.
Afternoon snack time is huge. The bears slurp hand-fed watermelon slices through the bars and lick huge pie-shaped frozen orange juice discs sprinkled with sunflower seeds.
Sadie also punishes a dead tree trunk she slaps around the den.
"When they come out of the pool, sometimes they'll go on a tear and run around the bear den," says Gillmer.
Sadie likes to stretch herself with paws and legs while holding on to a stick, a pretzel position Gillmer calls "bear yoga."
Pal likes to climb the rocky walls, sit with his legs bent and his paws on his lap like a huge man with a gigantic nose, and look at the crowd looking at him.
Both bears gallop after freeloading black vultures, which always hop just out of paw swipe. Once, a vulture was seen chasing Sadie.
You get the idea. "They put on a show — they're working," says Gillmer, whose staff labors mightily to feed, protect and care for the bears.
"If someone drops something into the den, which they're not supposed to drop anything, the bears are on it," says Gillmer.
Plus, the two bears share a story of illegal captivity. They were illegally raised in South Dakota before being liberated. So they're sort of rescued orphans, which makes them super-close. Just last Wednesday, Pal dropped his massive head on Sadie's back, and the two cuddled.
"I think they're amazing," exclaims Angela Mola, 9, a zoo regular with her dad and brother Frederick, 12, and sister Isabella, 3 �.
Yes, the bears earn their keep every day.
Plus, they're the icon namesake of the Bear Mountain Zoo, which has brought people like the Molas back "for years," says Fred Mola.
"I mean you try to go to the Bronx Zoo — it can cost you $60 just to go there. Here it's free."
So, if there ever were a wildlife Labor Day parade, Sadie and Pal could lead a very long line of working zoo animals, just ahead of fellow workers the Federation of Zoo Coyotes and the United Tunneling Groundhogs.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it has sold all of its remaining shares of American International Group, moving to wrap up the government's biggest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis.
Treasury said it received $32.50 per share for its 234.2 million remaining shares, which represented a 16 percent ownership stake in the giant insurance company.
With this sale, Treasury said the government has received $22.7 billion more than the $182 billion bailout it provided to support AIG during the height of the financial crisis.
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Following the United States and France, Britain became the third major developed economy to have its sovereign credit rating downgraded by Moody's. The other credit rating agencies are expected to follow suit.
Other than a blow to the nation's ego, the downgrade seems more symbolic than anything else. Despite being knocked down a notch from the top AAA rating, the US has hardly had any problem borrowing funds below real interest rates and there is no shortage of eager takers of its long-term government fixed interest securities.
Nobody seriously expects Britain's borrowing cost to go up significantly after the downgrade. British Chancellor George Osborne has remained defiant, vowing to "redouble" the government resolve to deliver its austerity economic plan, which calls for, among other things, cutting the deficit by a quarter.
But many British politicians, mainly those in the opposition, and economists believe that the downgrade was triggered by the government's austerity program, which is said to have further stunted growth at a time when the economic environment is clouded by what Moody's described as "the high risk of further shocks, economic, financial, or political within the (eurozone)". Osborne has said that Moody's move supported the government's tough austerity measures and was "a reality check for anyone who thinks Britain can duck confronting its debts".
It seems that the "move" has once again brought to the fore the issue that has pitted liberal economists against their conservative counterparts since the outbreak of the global financial crisis. Governments in most developed countries are torn between the choice of fiscal stimulants to spur growth and budgetary cutbacks to reduce deficits.
This is not a false choice as the experience of Hong Kong, one of the last bastions of free-market economy, shows. Hong Kong, of course, doesn't have a problem with debt. But that doesn't mean it can finance its entire capital expenditure with income from land sales and internal resources.
As a low-cost manufacturing base in the 1960s and 1970s, economic management was a simple matter of keeping the Hong Kong government small enough to avoid competing for limited financial and manpower resources with the private sector. When times were good, the government could afford to follow a relatively more expansive economic policy by boosting public expenditure on infrastructure projects. During an economic downturn, the government would invariably go into an austerity mode to allow the private sector to take full advantage of the plunging labor and finance costs to regain its competitiveness against other low-cost manufacturing bases.
But the rapid transformation to a service-based economy in the late 1970s brought the government around to the view that its ultra-conservative economic policy was behind the times and a new approach needed to be developed without turning its back on the free-market principle. The growing reliance on income from land sales to finance rising public expenditure is a subtle way of boosting the government's role in the economy without the need to raise taxes.
Income from land sales also gives the government the needed resources and credibility to underwrite expansionary fiscal policy to stimulate growth, which is needed to ease the pain of a protracted economic adjustment driven by brutal market forces. In the past, large-scale public spending was limited only to projects that could generate sufficient income to eventually pay for themselves.
The Mass Transit Railway is a case in point. Other than government capital, the project was financed mainly by bank loans. At the early stage, government guarantee was needed to secure those loans. Such guarantees were deemed unnecessary when lenders gained confidence in the capability of the railway system to earn sufficient operating profit to service its debt. They were right. The corporation that was established to build and operate the MTR went public some years ago and has been making profit since.
The building of the international airport at Chek Lap Kok, which began in the late 1980s as a centerpiece of the so-called Rose Garden project, was widely credited to have kick-started an economic boom that lasted till it was short-circuited by the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
To be sure, Hong Kong has its own set of problems. But it has demonstrated that spending public funds on large infrastructure projects that can help stimulate economic growth does not necessarily pile on public debt.
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The all RGB colors project has been amazingly successful, let me thank everyone for their interest again. There have been many developments, so let me introduce them. First of all, I made the algorithm a lot faster and added many more features, so you will see lots of new awesome images (here's one on the right, just a random pick out of hundreds, it's rescaled, so don't count the colors in it). I created a gallery website for to this project, rainbowsmoke.hu, and I'm working on providing fine art prints to the public. And I started porting the algorithm to other platforms, it's already available for Android. So that's the overview, I promised a follow-up article previously, let's continue where I left off. Continue reading
All RGB colors in one image
I recently started visiting the programming puzzles SE site. To a geek like me, it's a little paradise: many interesting challenges, many interesting solutions, many like-minded people. Two days ago, there was one particular challenge: make a program to create an image that contains all RGB colors exactly once (and of course the best looking one wins). A very long time ago I made a small screen saver in assembly which grew a colorful coral (I may post that one day, too). I thought something similar would work here and maybe I'll even get some votes. You can see the very first image right here. The results completely blew my mind, they were absolutely stunning, and of course it was a big success. Then I thought, let's make a huge image, maybe even a YouTube video from this. But it wasn't easy because it's a brutally exponential problem. Two days of non-stop coding and minimum sleeping later, here it is! Continue reading
Why wouldn't Oracle use a perfectly valid index?
I've been working on a project where Oracle suddenly stopped using a perfectly valid index. It is a unique index, so if you run a query for 20 different key values, there will be (at most) 20 rows. But instead of using this index, Oracle started doing a full table scan on the table, but it has a few hundred million rows, so it was game over for the application and it was totally incomprehensible. I am 95% developer and 5% DBA, I know my way around Oracle, SQL and simple optimizations, but I couldn't find any explanation for this issue, so I had to start digging deeper and deeper. I learned a lot about Oracle's internals until I finally found the solution. Instead of just writing about the end result, I decided to tell my whole story from the very beginning. Not only was it a very interesting investigation for me, but it can be useful to anyone in a similar situation. Continue reading
.NET code quality analysis with NDepend
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Storing .NET objects in cookies part 2 – compact bytes to string conversion
As I mentioned in part 1, Forms authentication cookies can get quite big when they have some data in the UserData field. The main problem is that every 8-bit character in the user data occupies four characters in the cookie, because it is UTF-16 encoded (1 character – 2 bytes, an extra zero is added) and converted to a hexadecimal string (1 character – 4 characters). For example, the "X" character (U+0058) ends up as the four character string "5800″. Plus a little overhead of the ticket itself, plus the 33% overhead of Base64 encoding. Here's how you can do a lot better. Continue reading
The blog is alive
It was shocking to discover that I haven't posted for over a year. Life happened, changing priorities, that's all. As you can see, finally I had the time to write a new post, and there are at least 2 more in the queue right now, and an ever growing list of new ideas. Dear readers, don't you worry, I will try to keep new stuff coming .
Storing .NET objects in cookies part 1 – compact serialization with binary XML
I was recently faced with the following challenge in an ASP.NET application. I have a data contract object that describes a user, which I have to store in a cookie for authentication and other purposes. Forms authentication is perfect for this: the cookie is cryptographically protected, the authentication is very easy to configure and it can store arbitrary user data as well. Problem is, as you might guess, this cookie would be quite big. You might ask, why don't I store this object in the session? Because I wanted a session-less application. Or why don't I store only a user ID in the cookie? Because gathering the user information is quite an expensive task. So the challenge was to serialize this object in the most compact way. Continue reading
I developed SVN tasks in MSBuild Extension Pack
I wanted to release binaries of my projects and embed the SVN revision and branch version number in them automatically. When it comes to build automation in .NET, MSBuild and MSBuild Extension Pack are the way to go. SVN isn't supported out of the box, so I would have had to write targets that invoke the SVN command line tools. Tedious and ugly work. And then I had the idea that since MSBEP is open source, maybe I can develop support for SVN in it, so that my life will be easier, and also the whole world can benefit from that as well. My idea was very welcome by the project leader, Mike Fourie, so I joined the project and did it. See the official announcement here. Continue reading
Joco-ADPhoto: active directory photo editor, also introducing my tools project
It's been so long since I last wrote… My previous post was about the directory object dialog that I implemented in my framework. My plan was to use it for something, and that something is finally here. It's a tool that you can use to save photos for accounts in active directory and retrieve them. I also set up a new project on Google named Joco Tools. That is because I'm planning on releasing a lot more useful stuff here. Continue reading
Directory object dialog in .NET, and advanced COM marshaling
Last week I wanted to start a new .NET project, and I needed a directory object picker for it. I searched the web and found some solutions, but they just didn't look right and decided that I can do a lot better than those. So in the spirit of creating good and reusable code, I started implementing my own IDsObjectPicker wrapper in my framework. I thought it would be easy, and it turned out to be anything but, but the result was awesome: clean, easy to use, and it works. And just like last time, I learned a lot about COM interop, you can read all about it here, or just scroll through and grab it already. Continue reading


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CIU Alumnus Recognized for Engineering
A Columbia International University alumnus has been recognized for his achievements in the field of engineering. Vaughn Walston was honored during the 28th Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, D.C. Feb. 6-8.
Walston graduated from CIU Seminary & School of Ministry in 2000 with a Master of Divinity degree in Intercultural Studies. He also holds an engineering degree from Virginia Tech. Walston is an engineering manager with Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Va.
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It's the holidays , gift time! So if you could give any anime character from any anime a gift what would it be? It can be your favorite character or a character you hate, Be creative as for the budget the sky the limit.
Well I think Konima( I think thats how you spell it lol) on Vampire Knight is pretty sexy so if I were to give his sexy ass a gift I would give him a chance to drink my blood lol. Yes! I would and if he turns me away I would tackle him on a stair case!! and possibly rape him. On second thought Zero was a little more appealing and willing to drink peoples blood because he was a different type of vamp so I would just give my self to him willingly in a spacious closet.... first I would want him to slap his hands up against the closet wall really hard with his face facing mine..then degradingly grab my ass while turning me around and slaming my head against the wall while holding his gun to my head....... while this is happening he will pull my little ani skirt up and rip my panties off while brutally bitting my neck as I reach my arms back and rub my hands through his silky moon light hair while blood gushes down my body dripping down my legs...... he will flip me back around and kiss me passionately making me taste my own blood on the tip of my tongue and he will oddly go slow on me while I pretend to resist......then I will have control over the situation and slam him on his back on the closet floor making him want to bite me deeper after he lifts his body in a sitting position to gain consciousness over the whole sutuation which has blown his mind..........and after a good thirty minutes in the closet when its all over and details untold are done with he will bite my ear gently and wisper in my ear Marry Christmas while I look him in the eyes with a WTF look................and only he will exit the closet.
This was all I could think of. If I kept going it would have been long and very detailed..............................
I would give every anime character I know Bianchi's (from Reborn!) poison cooking.
i would give Spike (Cowboy Bebop) a brand new Jericho 941 (his favorite gun), one of his blue leisure suit and yellow shirt pressed, along with me! (letting him do whatever he wants with me ) *sigh*
I'm in love with fictional movie characters... So sue me!
I would give Shiina her first kiss
<- give this guy 1 day with his wife and daughter peacefully
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Who is that guy anyway...
He is the embodiment of all good traits of what a male protagonist should without any faults.
Akabara Strauss if you're wondering for the name.
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Area Obituaries
Pamela Nicholson Brown, 72, of Jackson died July 8, 2006.
She was born April 23, 1934 in Chicago, Ill. She and her husband, Joe owned and operated Brown's Pharmacy in Jackson from 1966-1998. She was a graduate of Mississippi Southern College with a degree in home economics. She was a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority. After college, she taught school for many years before entering private business. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, always putting her family first. She was the world's greatest Cub fan and an excellent cook.
Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Joe Brown; three sons, Andy (Donna) Brown, Gulfport, Miss., Dick (Lynne) Brown, Jackson, Nick (Mandy) Brown, Ruston, La.; two daughters, Vicki (Joey) Hearn, Chatom, Susan (Homer) Sledge, Cleveland, Miss., two brothers, David Nicholson, Mariana, Fla., Jerry Nicholson, Birmingham; 11 grandchildren.
The service was July 11 at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Jackson. Burial was in Pinecrest Cemetery in Jackson. Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson directed.
Active pallbearers were Andy Brown, Dick Brown, Nick Brown, Joey Brown, Homer Sledge III and Warren Nicholson.
Rev. Dr. Lafayette Shaw Gaddy, 90, of Grove Hill died June 28, 2006 at his residence.
He was born Nov. 7, 1915 to the late Rev. John F. and Linnie Duke Gaddy. He served as a minister in the Methodist Conference of Mississippi for 60 plus years. He was a chaplain in the European Theatre during World War II. While in England he attended Oxford University. He donated his body to medical science and his ashes will be interred in the Gaddy plot in the cemetery in Allen.
Survivors inlude his daughter, Dr. Brenda Gaddy Cornell, Waco, Texas; a niece, Carolyn Daffin, Grove Hill.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Iris Spencer Gaddy.
A memorial service was held July 1 at 11 a.m. at the Grove Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Dave Rhodes, Jerry May and Lannie May officiating. Memories were given by a dear friend, Billy Hamrick. Lathan Funeral Home directed.
Ivy Ray Smith, 72, of Coffeeville died July 3, 2006 at a local hospital.
He was born April 30, 1934. He was a member of Coffeeville United Methodist Church. He was a retired pipefitter with Brown & Root Construction.
Survivors include his wife, Virgie Dolbear Smith, Coffeeville; one son, Fred Holten Smith, Jackson; two daughters, Teresa Johnson, Mize, Miss., Becky Broome, Hattiesburg, Miss.; one brother, Trenton Smith, Coffeeville; two sisters, Ailean Pezent, Jackson, Mary Alice Overstreet, Dallas, Texas; six grandchildren.
The service was July 5 at 10 a.m. at Union Grove Baptist Church in Coffeeville. Burial was in the Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson directed.
Juanita Guy Tarver, 78, of Spanish Fort died July 7, 2006 at her daughter's residence in St. Stephens.
She was born July 30, 1927. She was a native of St. Stephens. She was a member of Clearwater Assembly of God Church in Wagarville. She was a retired Tupperware representative of 30 years. She was an active contributor of the St. Stephens Nutrition Center.
Survivors include her husband, Melvin Tarver, Spanish Fort; three sons, Caron S. (Betty) Hayes, Ottis D. Hayes, all of St. Stephens, Troy D. (Martha) Hayes, Winn; two daughters, Patsy H. (Morris) Daugherty, St. Stephens, Nita Gwenolia Smith, The Woodlands, Texas; one stepson, Ray Tarver, Fairhope; three stepdaughters, Jean (David) Knizley, Spanish Fort, Shelia Tarver, Daphne, Donna (Carl) Wegener, Fairhope; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Ethel B. Guy, her father, Franklin S. Guy, a daughter, Vivian A. Hayes and one grandchild, Tracey Lee Daughtery.
The service was July 9 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson. Burial was in the Clearwater Assembly of God Cemetery in Wagarville.
Active pallbearers were Ed Hayes, George Guy, Dink Lankford, Danny Fleming, Kevin Knizley and Shane Tarver.
Honorary pallbearers were Dan McConaghy, Jim Holland, David (Buck) Knizley, Leroy Perkins, Horace McCulley, Roy Donald, John Gray Moseley, Howard Daughtery Jr., Dr. Steve Furr, Glenn Chestnut, Jesse Gates, Dr. Steve Donald, Darryl Daugherty Sr., Henry Lee Coxwell, Cynthia Howell, Tonya McGhee, Ramona Paniczko, Ramona Love, Susan Reitz and Allen Groves.
Sara Frances Counselman, 84, of Coffeeville died July 8, 2006 at Lakeview Assisted Living Facility.
She was born Feb. 20, 1922. She was a member of Ulcanush Baptist Church. She was a retired elementary school teacher.
Survivors include one son, Tony Counselman, Thomasville; one daughter-in-law, Lynn Counselman, Thomasville; one sister, Nancy R. (Grady E.) Deas, Ft. Worth, Texas; three grandchildren, Mark (Karen) Counselman, Tara (Daniel) Walker, Mitzi (Richard) Dailey, all of Thomasville; four great-grandchildren.
The service was July 10 at 11 a.m. at the Ulcanush Baptist Church with Rev. Eddie "Butch" Starks officiating. Burial was in the Ulcanush Baptist Church Cemetery in Coffeeville. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed.
Active pallbearers were Ben Jones, Kenneth Jones, Larry Jones, Jimmy Counselman, Gary Counselman and Joe Davis.
James Wallace "Jim" Larrimore Jr., 41, of Thomasville died July 9, 2006 at Mobile Infirmary.
He was born July 19, 1964. He was a member of Thomasville Baptist Church. He was a registered nurse at Southwest Alabama Medical Center in Thomasville.
Survivors include four sisters, Sylvia McPherson, Vestavia Hills, Susan Douglass, Montgomery, Sharon Snider, Athens, Stacy Larrimore, Marietta, Ga.; uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and other relatives.
The service was July 11 at 2 p.m. at the Thomasville Baptist Church with Rev. Ricky Watt and Rev. Bo Rice officiating. Burial was in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Vineland. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed.
Active pallbearers were Steve Crowley, Dr. Frank Dozier, Jack Hankins, Brandon Stephens, Tom Stout, Jonah Thomas and Keith Tippit.
Honorary pallbearers were the staff and administration of Southwest Alabama Medical Center.
Jerrod Isaac Megginson, 6, of LaCrosse, Va. died July 3, 2006 in Lowndesboro. He was born Mar. 1, 2000 in Mobile.
Survivors include his father, Glenn Megginson, Thomasville; his mother, Deborah Young, LaCrosse, Va.; stepfather, Roger Young, LaCrosse, Va.; two brothers, Patrick Megginson, Andrew Young, both of LaCrosse, Va.; two sisters, LeAnn Vaught, Caitlyn Vaught, both of LaCrosse, Va.; two grandmothers, Renee Brunner, Thomasville, Nancy Howington, South Boston, Va.; one grandfather, Roy Megginson Jr., Thomasville; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service was held July 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Midway Baptist Church in Thomasville with Rev. Rex Jackson officiating. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Jerrod Isaac Megginson Memorial Fund at Regions Bank. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed.
Avanell Maness Powell, 79, of Lucedale, Miss. died July 2, 2006 at her residence.
She was born Sept. 15, 1926 in Thomaston. She was a retired motel/restaurant manager.
Survivors include three sons, Reginald L. Lambert, Madison, Leon J. Montgomery, Ocean Springs, Miss., Ralph B. Moore, Mobile; four daughters, Brenda Y. Sealy, Lucedale, Miss., Debbie E. Durden, Bristow, Okla., Wanda D. Stewart, Athens, Pamela A. Hall, Moss Point, Miss.; one sister, Annie R. Sealy, Dayton; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; several nephews, nieces and friends.
The service was July 4 at 10 a.m. at the chapel of O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Thomasville with Rev. Grant McClain officiating. Burial was in the County Line Baptist Church Cemetery in Arlington.
Active pallbearers were Paul F. Sealy, Charles Westley Green, Reginald L. Lambert Jr., Monty A. Wiggins, Michael Sealy and Steve Cochran.
Debbie Chapman, 39, of Thomasville died June 24, 2006.
She was born May 7, 1967. She was a native of Grove Hill. She was a member of Thomasville Church of God in Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Jamela Chapman, Thomasville; seven brothers, Kenneth Hannon, Atlanta, Ga., Craig Chapman, Thomasville, Ted Hannon, Ft. Leonardwood, Mo., Jeffery Hannon, Killeen, Texas, Bernard Chapman, Hinesville, Ga., Otto Chapman, Columbia, S.C., Hilton Chapman, Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters, Barbara Mohammed, New York, Linda Chapman, Thomasville, Evelyn Culver, Atlanta, Ga.; Nonie Robinson, Godmother.
The service was June 28 at Pine Chapel No. 1 Baptist Church of Grove Hill with Rev. Elijah Scott officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Grove Hill. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Idella Maxie Gamble Coleman, 79, of Wiggins, Miss. died June 24, 2006 at a local hospital. She was born Feb. 2, 1927.
Survivors include her mother, Calvert Gamble, Jackson; one son, Myron Coleman, Selma; three daughters, Wethia McConnell, Carla Thomas, both of Wiggins, Miss., Donna Thomas, Leakesville, Miss.; two brothers, Arthur Gamble Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, Clarence Gamble, Jackson; three sisters, Essie Gamble, Dortha Jackson, Ruthie Jackson, all of Jackson; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren.
The service was July 1 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olive No. 2 Baptist Church of Jackson. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Jackson. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Betsy Ann Pugh Jackson, 49, of Grove Hill died July 8, 2006 at Mobile Infirmary Hospital.
She was born Jan. 16, 1957. She was a member of the A.O.H. Holiness Church in Clarksville. She was a graduate of Coffeeville High School. She was an Alabama Southern Community College graduate.
Survivors include her husband, Calvin Jackson; her father, Willie Sidney Pugh, Grove Hill; three sons, Ottis Oneil Jackson, Bryan Jackson, Ryan Jackson, all of Grove Hill; one daughter, Wanda A. Jackson; one Godchild, Justin K. Scott, Monroeville; three brothers, Jerry Pugh, Thomasville, Rayfus Pugh, Coffeeville, Terrell Pugh, Columbus, Ohio; three sisters, Helen Calhoun, New Orleans, La., Susie Pugh, Pearlene Robinson, both of Grove Hill.
The service will be Saturday, July 15 at 1 p.m. with visitation at 12 noon at the Mt. Zion No. 2 Baptist Church in Grove Hill. Burial will be in the St. Luke Cemetery in Grove Hill. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home will direct.
Irene Jackson James, 71, of Jackson died June 26, 2006 at Knollwood Medical Center.
She was born May 16, 1935. She was the pastor of Inspirational Tabernacle Independent Church in Jackson.
Survivors include her husband, Dan James, Jackson; two sons, Clifton James, Albert James, both of Jackson; two daughters, Jackie James, Beverly James, both of Jackson; one stepson, Marvin James; three stepdaughters, Shirley James, Evan Gerlean Gaston, Sonya Stewart; mother-in-law, Lillie James, Sunflower; two brothers, Johnnie Jackson, Mobile, Johnny Burrell, Jackson; two sisters, Hattie Jackson, Rosie Jackson, both of Mobile; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
The service was July 1 at Inspirational Tabernacle Independent Church of Jackson. Burial was in the Inspirational Tabernacle Independent Church Cemetery. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Sherman Taft Moore, 71, of Fulton died June 29, 2006 at Capitol Hill Nursing Facility in Montgomery. He was born July 18, 1934. He was a retiree of Boise Cascade.
Survivors include children, Bobbie (Melvin) Davis, Marilyn (Freddie) Reasor, Jacqueline Welch, Fulton, Sandra (Alvin) Cheeseboro, Taft (Tabita) Moore Jr., Whatley, Mitchner (Veronica) Moore, Jackson; one brother, Rufus Franklin; one sister, Eliza Coleman; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
The service was July 8 at 2 p.m. at Spencer Chapel A.M.E. Church with Rev. Clausell Boykins officiating. Burial was in the Liberty Cemetery in Fulton. Thomasville Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Active pallbearers were his grandsons.
Bernice Chapman Pugh, 91, of Toddtown died June 26, 2006 at her residence.
She was born Dec. 22, 1914. She was a member of Pine Chapel Baptist Church No. 2 of Toddtown where she had served as Sunday school teacher and a member of the missionary society. She was a member of Amies Pride Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #590.
Survivors include one daughter, Lovie Mae Barney, Toddtown; one son, Michael Pugh, Jackson; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
The service was July 1 at 11 a.m. at the Pine Chapel No. 2 Baptist Church in Toddtown. Burial was in the Pine Chapel No. 2 Baptist Church Cemetery. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Jeannette Strozier Satterwhite Rudley, 82, of Jackson died June 24, 2006 at her residence.
She was born Sept. 5, 1923. She was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church of McIntosh.
Survivors include two sons, James C. Satterwhite, Westland, MI, Willie R. Rudley, Grantville, Ga.; three daughters, Claudette Moore, Redford, Mi., Annette Stark, College Park, Ga., Mary Ann Duff, Jackson; one sister, Martha Hazel Strozier, Newnan, Ga.; one brother, James Strozier, Newnan, Ga.; 20 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.
The service was July 1 at St. Paul Baptist Church in McIntosh. Burial was in the St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Will White, 74, of Mobile died June 29, 2006.
He was born May 13, 1932. He was a member of the Corthain Missionary Baptist Church of Mobile. He served as chairman of the trustee board.
Survivors include two sisters, Lemae Jackson, Carlton, Callie Figures, Dayton, Ohio.
The service was July 8 at 1 p.m. at the Corthain Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile. Burial was in the Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directed.


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Delicious Living's Senior Food Editor Elisa Bosley and nutrition expert Andrea Rougé examine the new 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines and how those recommendations apply to everyday eating. The USDA warns of high sodium intake and increasing obesity. By replacing an ordinary breakfast, lunch, and dinner with healthier versions, Elisa and Andrea show how to get more fiber, vitamins, and other nutrients in your diet and how to control portion sizes.
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COMEX Gold (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 11/28/12 @ 1729.90. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 11/28/12 @ 1718.80. Downside Target = 1707.20 – 1694.70
- New lows made on current move Wednesday @ 1686.00. Downside Targets 110% achieved.
- February Gold continued lower on Wednesday but was able to find some solid support within the range of the low day of the last three months (11/5/12) and settle back near the daily SBB.
- Gold should make a strong move back higher on Thursday to close back above Wednesday's high and make a run over the coming weeks to $1,743.60.
- Projected Daily Range: 19.90
- Projected Weekly Range: 42.30
- Projected Monthly Range: 94.70
Euro FX (December):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 11/15/12 @ 1.2788. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 11/19/12 @ 1.2811. Upside Targets = 1.3117 – 1.3177.
- New highs made on current move Wednesday @ 1.3130. Initial Upside Target over 110% achieved.
- The December Euro FX logged its first losing day in over a week on Wednesday as the market fell just short of breaking through the October highs and daily RBB to settle back in the lower 30% of the day's trading range.
- The possible correction that the euro may see should be limited to a 4-6 day move that does not drop below 1.2938 before buyers return to market and chase down the 2012 highs.
- Projected Daily Range: .0073
- Projected Weekly Range: .0182
- Projected Monthly Range: .0456
E-Mini S&P (December):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 12/05/12 @ 1401.25. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 11/20/12 @ 1386.25. Upside Targets = 1404.00 – 1420.00.
- OVB generated on Wednesday. Confirmation of a top with a range violation @ 1401.25.
- The December S&Ps finally cracked the 1400 floor in the market on Wednesday but came firing back no sooner than that level had been breached as the market remains very volatile as projected in this Monday's report.
- While the S&Ps have failed to close below 1400 in six sessions, this market has yet to find the necessary strength indicative of a sustainable rally that would propel the S&P's above the November highs and still carries a high level of risk for a technical breakdown.
- Projected Daily Range: 15.75
- Projected Weekly Range: 43.25
- Projected Monthly Range: 81.50


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The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus I
Today we get to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, which comes in two parts. This theorem is essential, in that it shows how the two seemingly-dissimilar fields of integral and differential calculus are actually two sides of the same coin. From this point, most of the basic theory of integration comes down to finding the "mirror image" of facts about differentiation.
First, let's start with some continuous function and define a new function by . Now the fundamental theorem tells us that this new function is differentiable, and its derivative is the function we started with! That is:
To see this, let's consider the difference . The first term here is the integral . Then we can split this interval up to get the sum of the integrals . But the first part here is just , which we're about to subtract off. Then the difference quotient is . The derivative will be the limit of this difference quotient as goes to .
So now let's use the Integral Mean Value Theorem to get at the integral here. It tells us that there's some between and with — the difference quotient exactly! And as gets smaller and smaller, gets squeezed closer and closer to . And because is continuous, we find that . Presto!
A very common metaphor here is to think of a carpet whose width at a point along its length is . Then its total area from the starting point up to is the integral . How fast is the area increasing as we unroll more carpet? As we unroll more length we get more area, and so the derivative of the area is the width of the carpet.
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Oh-oh-oh! The same pathetic proof that mixes apples and oranges, and makes the reader believe that MVT has anything to do woth FTC! Please, spare me!
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
By the way, a few days ago I stumbled across a really nice introductory calculus book by Zeldovich and I.M. Yaglom, called "Higher Math for Beginners." It's out of print, but you can download id via P2P or from my web page
It still has limits, but goes easy on them. Take a look.
Actually I'm seriously thinking about getting my own blog to present calculus as it should be presented, simply and clearly. Do you think it's worth the effort?
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
Damn, I messed up the link! Let me try again: book
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
Don't you think that my bitching and moaning somewhat enlivens your blog?
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
I also want to save your soul, you went astray,I want to bring you back to papa Newton!
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
Here is an interesting article by V.I. Arnold about math education. Enjoy.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
…but for you there is only the One True Faith… Really? Do I come across like this, or you just want to piss me off? Acually I never said you were wrong in what you wrote, formally speking, what you write is correct, I just questioned whether your approach is reasonable. And speaking about contributing anything new, what you write about elementary analysis is written many times over in every book on the subject you can pick at any library. Sorry, I didn't mean to get nasty.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
"One True Faith?" Isn't it how your Church of Limitology operates, shoe-horning everything that movers into limits?
I have already created an approach to calculus that many people find more reasonable than your dry as dust ideology of limits. Only time will tell which one is better.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
O.K. Yes, but the proof of FTC presented in this posting sucks. Let's see what the next proof will look like.
Yes, it's fine to show how elementary analysis can be seen as an application of convergence of the nets, but to claim that the only way to do calculus "rigorously" is by limits and brush off any other approach as "mnemonics" is an example of narrow-mindedness that you claim to oppose.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 14, 2008 |
Actually I'm seriously thinking about getting my own blog to present calculus as it should be presented, simply and clearly. Do you think it's worth the effort?
I think you should. It would be a lot more constructive than what you're doing here, and it may well give you pleasure.
I think John said somewhere that he gets several hundred hits per day (300-500, or something), which means about that many people will have already seen your name and roughly where you're coming from. In other words, you may well have a ready-made audience.
I'm not clear how thoroughly you've worked out your ideas; this would be an interesting crucible. I think you can expect that a lot of people — including some very smart people — would be examining your efforts very closely, and yes, offering criticism. Some of it may be very negative and personal as well, as John could tell you. Are you up to it? Could you take the heat?
There's a saying: put up or shut up. So, what do you say?
Comment by Todd Trimble | February 14, 2008 |
John, for what it's worth, I read your blog every day. I've been away from math for many years and have a lot of reviewing and catching up to do before I can ever hope to understand what's going on in the world today. For me, your lessons achieve the perfect balance between rigor and pragmatism. They are helping me to advance far faster than I had ever hoped. And they are fun too! You have taken on a very difficult task, and as far as I'm concerned, your contributions are extremely useful and your teaching method successful. I can't imagine a more efficient and enjoyable way for me to gain a solid foundation to which to build. Thank you!
Comment by Charlie C | February 14, 2008 |
And while we're at the "statements of support" – obviously, you would have noticed that I read pretty much all your posts.
And I started this precisely because the expositional style and level your blog had when I stumbled across it (and keeps up for at least some of the subjects you cover) is extremely interesting and well-written.
Comment by Mikael Vejdemo Johansson | February 14, 2008 |
Yes, but let me esplain why I don't like the proof of FTC in this posting. You see, this theorem has a simple generalization that does not assume that is continouous on the whole interval , it only requires to be Riemann-integrable and coninuous at the point , and it says that
Now, can be discontinuous on a set of measure zero, and John's prove does not apply. But a proof that uses positivity of the Riemann integral i.e., the fact that positive functions have positive integrals still works.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
When I saw that this post had 20 comments, I wondered what could possibly be so controversial about the fundamental theorem of calculus. My word!
I am one of the clueless undergraduates this fellow seems so bent on saving from your teaching methods, and I find this blog to be an extremely valuable resource.
Comment by Patricia Gordinier | February 15, 2008 |
Yes, you are, Patricia. If you think that the mean value theorem has anything to do with the fundamental theorem of calculus, you are a misguided soul and better cleanse your brain from all the prejudices you got indoctrinated with in your calculus class, or you will go directrly to hell! 😀
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
Michael Livshits:
You remind me of my number theory professor. Sometimes I think the only reason he doesn't bite me is because, as he's said, "human flesh is not kosher."
Comment by Patricia Gordinier | February 15, 2008 |
Now, here is the proof (of the theorem I formulated in response #20) that I had in mind, just in case anybody hasn't figured it out yet. We have to prove that , which is the same as
Now, given positive , there we can find positive such that when . For such the absolute value of the last integral will be less than and we are done.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
To John: I wish this web page had a preview feature, or replace feature or something like that… I'm thinking why that damn latex did not parse! To Patricia: what's wrong? I just pointed some triviality to you.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
The integral that I was talking about was $latex \displaystyle\int\limits_{x_0}^xf(t)-f(x_0)dt
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
The integral that I was talking about was
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
John, what made me all wound up about you prrof is that you drag in some rather subtle result (the MVT) that is not needed at all to prove your theorem. It'is a really bad taste to do such things, and it makes rour proof misleading rather that clarifying the matter. But it looks like a proof is a proof is a proof to you, no matter how ugly.
Comment by Michael Livshits | February 15, 2008 |
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Shut the hell up michael. Bravo for your contribution to mankind, I'm sure you'll make a splendid teacher, husband, and father as well.
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What is the problem with aid and development?
Well, if you ask me, one of the main problems is that even if for years, as the good program manager (or whatever title you have in the area of programs) that you are, you have naturally, in your own small way, been doing something like this… eg., you've been listening to people in communities and to local staff…
Note: Image respectfully pulled from The Listening Project's report.
And you've been hearing from community members and local partners that:
- staff don't spend enough time in the community
- staff show up late for community meetings
- staff don't take the time to sit with us
- staff are late with materials or funding for projects we are implementing
- we'd like staff to accompany us more, to train us more
- we'd like some cash benefits for participation in training
- we'd like some material benefits for ourselves like some t-shirts and maybe some school supplies
And you've been hearing from local community outreach staff that:
- the nicest vehicles are kept at the head office for higher management, when it's we who need them for our field work
- they keep cutting our administration budget and giving us more paperwork to do
- the central office is slow in approving things for us to do our work on the ground
- the time we should be spending in communities is taken up by paperwork to fulfill audit requirements
- processes are too bureaucratic, they just keep adding more layers and rules
- we don't have the equipment we need to do our jobs
- they keep cutting community outreach staff in order to reduce overhead
- people are used to hand outs because other organizations come around and give free things
- it's hard to get people to participate in some programs because other organizations in the past always paid them to participate
- our biggest challenge is to change mindsets, to help communities see that we will not be here forever, that we do not do handouts
And yes, granted, you are doing this listening informally… but still you are doing it… And you are reporting the difficulties upwards to higher management… and you are having meetings where field staff can share their issues with higher management… and you are sticking your neck out at global management meetings to relay what communities and community outreach staff are telling you… and you are adapting your own proposals and modes of working and doing your best to support your overworked field staff so that you are not the bottleneck… and those higher management folks you are relaying these things to profess to be in this for all the right reasons, eg., they say they want to make an impact… (though you often doubt that they are really listening to you….)
And you can see the impact that's being made when you and your team have the time and the space do things right, when you work hand in hand with local people for them to manage their own development….
…Even if you've been doing that, there is still an issue: there are still a billion things that are outside of your control.
For example:
You still have to deal with the pyramid of micromanagement:
And the pyramid of blame:
Note: Images above shamelessly skimmed from Dr. Alden Kurtz's excellent explanation of the virtues of micromanagement.
Not to mention the hubris of the captains of industry that your organization hires at the top and philanthrocapitalists that influence your organization's direction, and who think you and everyone working in your organization is an imbecile (because these folks have never actually had to implement any aid or development projects before) (well, and until they realize after a year or 2 that they are hitting up against the same walls you have been….):
Note: Image nicked from Duncan Greene's blog
And 1 million stupid ideas by wannabe do gooders sent for your consideration via the head office, taking your time away from the real work (no, we don't need 10,000 used pencils collected by that grade school):
Note: Image stolen with pleasure from Project Diaspora's site.
And the Badvocacy and Poverty Porn that certain teams in your office are promoting, and that messes around with the image and dignity of the people you are supporting, and stirs up misguided ideas, and you have to either waste your time fighting them or just give up and participate against your gut feelings of aversion:
Note: Image heartlessly torn from AidThoughts.
And the fundraising, marketing and communications department at the head office trying to get the most shocking stories out of you in order to score airtime in the media and get in the game early with donors and the public, because if they don't you won't actually have any funds to support those good programs that your team and the communities implement when you have the time and resources:
Note: Image from a hotly disputed article in the Lancet.
And cowboys like Sean Penn giving the impression that you're all a bunch of idiots and that they can do it way better than you can (because they have a huge budget, ready-made media attention, and less of the aforementioned constraints because they are just getting started, and are not held particularly accountable):
And your Whites in Shining Armor telling the public that there are no capable people locally, and giving the impression that everyone is waiting for an American or a European with some business savvy, good intentions and no real applicable skills or experience to fly in to save the day, and this tends to resonate with your head office, because they are still jostling for media attention and corporate funding, and because you were slow to respond to Stupid Idea from Wannabe Do Gooder #999,997, which confirmed to the head office that you and your team are incapable of getting the work done (plus some Whites will get them local media coverage):
Image: Taken from Good Intentions blog.
And all the other INGO marketers and fundraisers in the world telling the public that the capable, intelligent, solid people you are working with in the local office and in communities are pathetic helpless victims, because no one will donate if they don't, and your head office has to keep doing that too, or they will lose out on fundraising and media and branding opportunities:
Note: Image from the fabulous Perspectives of Poverty project over at Water Wellness blog.
And the academics and aid critics looking at all the above, and reading books by elite Africans who don't live in Africa, and thinking that aid and development don't ever work, and should be abolished in favor of capitalism and making everyone and their mother an entrepreneur… and yeah, considering some of the giant aid and development programs you've seen, and some of the terrible initiatives started by outsiders with no experience, and some of the crafty government bureaucrats you've worked with, and the way that aid is politicized for gain by those political parties, you agree that some kinds of aid and development (the kinds that you also have no control over) have negative effects and should be abolished….
Image from Aid Watch's "just asking that aid benefit the poor" blog.
And the…. well yeah, you get the point.
You feel like you are spitting into the wind, but you plug along with the conviction that what you are doing really does matter, because when you listen to staff and community members, they are telling you what the obstacles are, but they are also saying that they don't want you to leave.
So, the thing is, I love the Listening Project. Their findings resonate fully. I've been listening and hearing those things for years myself. But how do we fix it when the shit storm is coming at us from all sides and no one single person or organization or sector has the power to make it all better?
…and when we figure that out, maybe we can fix government and business and healthcare too and end all the wars.
Oh, wow, update: just read this ODI report called the Humanitarian's Dilemma which gives a lot of insight, in a more eloquent and academic way than what I wrote above….


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The democratizing effects of CubeSat technology extend beyond the university campus. Less technologically developed nations are using them as steppingstones toward their own fully fledged space agencies.
Colombia and South Africa have jump-started national space programs with CubeSats built by university students. Romania, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Denmark also have ordered CubeSats.
"We're lowering the barrier of entry to get into space," said Roland Coelho, vice president of launch services at Tyvak, a satellite launch broker firm. "These countries that could never afford hundreds of millions of dollars to start something, they can start it with a couple of million dollars and a couple of CubeSats."
The first Colombian satellite was launched in 2007 by a group of university researchers. One of the researchers, Elkin Cifuentes, is now CEO of Sequoia Space, a company focused on spreading aerospace knowledge to universities and government agencies throughout Latin America.
Sequoia is currently helping the Colombian air force to build its first satellite, scheduled to launch in 2015, and to develop a 20-year space plan.
The challenge, Cifuentes said via Skype, is to convince governments that they can grow their own space programs without purchasing expensive satellites from a major aerospace firm. If the government has the money, there is a tendency to want to buy the biggest and best satellite it can afford. But purchasing an advanced satellite does little to grow institutional knowledge.
"When you buy a TV, you buy it and own it and you can use it, but it doesn't mean you can build a TV," Cifuentes said. "We are showing them that with these CubeSat projects you can get the hardware and software and develop it. That way, there is actual technology transfer."
Another pitfall of purchasing a sophisticated a satellite is that governments don't know how to manage all of the data or simply have no use for it. It's better to start with a satellite that only has two or three instruments, Cifuentes said, so that they are not overwhelmed with information.
Sequoia is trying to replicate the model that it first tested in Colombia. The idea is to get universities on board first. Once the first student satellite is launched into space, it becomes easier to bring the government on board to develop its own, home-grown space program.
The company has helped start programs at three universities in Colombia and one in Peru, and sold parts to universities in Chile and Ecuador. Bolivia has expressed interest in Sequoia's program and the company is reaching out to Costa Rica, which has been developing its own satellite program for the past two years, Cifuentes said.
"Latin American countries think you need $50 million to start," Cifuentes said. "We need to convince (governments) that it would be a good idea to invest a million dollars in a smaller satellite that will show them that this technology can be developed in their own countries, and they don't need to go outside."


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Fairview, birthplace of Jefferson Davis
The following passage is transcribed from the Kentucky New Era, July 23, 1886 (page 3). I have preserved the original punctuation, but divided the long paragraphs to make them easier to read. Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), mentioned in the article, was elected the President of the Confederate States of America on February 9, 1861, and served until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Saturday morning two NEW ERA men hired a buggy and went to the speaking at Fairview. The drive was delightful amid the sloping hills and rich fields of grain. The country never looked more beautiful and the magnificent crops give promise of a bright and prosperous future for the planters.
We arrived at the pretty little village just in time to partake of a good dinner at the hospitable board of Esquire Richard Vaughan.
After dinner Mr. G. S. Brown very kindly assumed the duty of showing us the town. He conducted us to the spot where the great Jefferson Davis was born. The old house with its many memories has been torn away and over the historic spot is being erected a Baptist church.
Fairview lies in two counties. The county line runs through the store of Mr. W. B. Brewer, who can stand behind his counter in Todd, and sell goods to his friends in Christian.
About 2 o'clock the candidates began the oratorical contest. Judge Winfree led off and the other fellows said their pieces in order. The boys gave the Todd county candidates some of their time. Col. Milt. Brown made a short address and Mr. D. S. Watson was shaking hands with the boys who do their voting in Todd.
Fairview is a thrifty village. The residences are handsome and the stores are well kept. Mr. John Yancey will soon build a fine brick store house at a cost of $2000.
|Jefferson Davis in 1853
The New Era representatives were kindly treated by the generous citizens of Fairview and after half a day of pleasant commingling with these good people, they turned their faces toward Hopkinsville. The drive home through the moonlight was delightful and the pleasure of a day at Fairview will be the chief object of interest in our minds for many days.


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Reviewed by Abby S. (age 7)
My favorite character is Penny because she is the funniest person in the book. I liked this book because it is very funny when she sold lemonade for one cent. This story reminds me of when I sold lemonade. I sold it for fifty cents a cup.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes funny books.


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In the post-globalized era, chain stores and fast-food eateries can be found almost everywhere on the planet. But when it comes to the most common car models, some of the biggest names remain unfamiliar to Americans.
"The rest of the world is really not a lot like us," says Bill Visnic, a senior analyst for Edmunds.com, which provided this list of globally popular cars. "Small, compact, affordable cars more or less represent what the rest of the world drives."
America is big, Americans prefer big, and frankly, Americans are big. As the following slides demonstrate, small cars are popular just about everywhere else, and have been for years, because they're economical to buy and to run. They make the most sense just about everywhere else but here. But Americans are coming to their senses and becoming more environmentally aware.
Several cycles in recent years have made U.S. consumers consider scaling down. In 2008, Visnic says, we were on the tail end of the SUV boom, and Hummers were still around. Now in 2011, after a recession and huge economic downturn, comes another jump in gas prices. "It shifted our national consciousness, what the needs are compared to the wants," says Visnic. "The late '90s through the middle 2000s was very much a market driven by wants rather than needs, and we saw that rise of SUVs, [while] pickup trucks got a lot more ostentatious. We kind of lost our minds for a while there."
By Colleen Kane
Posted June 22, 2011


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Jetty/Contributor/Contributing Patches
How to contribute a patch to Jetty @ Eclipse.
Git Diff
The simplest way to contribute a patch is to make a modification to a cloned copy of jetty and then generate a diff between the two versions.
From the top level of the cloned project:
git diff > ######.patch
The hash marks should be the bugzilla issue that you will be attaching the issue to. All patches coming into jetty @ eclipse much come in through bugzilla for IP tracking purposes. Depending on the size of the patch the patch itself may be flagged as +iplog where it is subject to lawyer review and inclusion with our iplog from here to eternity. We are sorry we are unable to apply patches that we receive via email. So if you have the bugzilla issue created already just attach the issue and feel free to bug us on IRC to take a look. If there is no bugzilla issue yet, create one, make sure the patch is named appropriately and attach it.
When the developer reviews the patch and goes to apply it they will use:
git apply < ######.patch
If you want to be a nice person, test your patch on a clean clone to ensure that it applies cleanly. Nothing frustrated a developer quite like a patch that doesn't apply.
Git Format Patch
Another approach if you want your name in shiny lights in our commit logs is to use the format patch option. With this approach you commit into your cloned copy of jetty and use the git format patch option to generate what looks like an email message containing all of the commit information. This applies as a commit directly when we apply it so it should be obvious that as with the normal diff we much accept these sorts of patching only via bugzilla.
From the top level of the cloned project:
Make your changes and commit them locally using git commit. Then use git log to identify the commit(s) you want to include in your patch:
commit 70e29326fe904675f772b88a67128c0b3529565e Author: Thomas Becker <tbecker AT intalio . com> Date: Tue Aug 2 14:36:50 2011 +0200 353563: HttpDestinationQueueTest too slow
Use git format-patch to create the patch:
git format-patch -M -B 70e29326fe904675f772b88a67128c0b3529565e
This will create a single patch file for each commit since the specified commit. The names will start with 0001-[commitmessage].patch. See http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-format-patch.html for details.
When a developer goes to apply this sort of patch then we must assume responsibility for applying it to our codebase from the IP perspective. So we much be comfortable with the providence of the patch and that it is clear of potential issues. This is not like a diff where you get to edit it and clean up issues before it get applied. The commit is recorded locally and the developer will then have a chance to make additional commits to address any lingering issues. It is critically important that developers applying these sorts of patches are fully aware of what is being committed and what they are signing off on.
To apply the patch the developer will use a command like:
git am -s 0001-353563-HttpDestinationQueueTest-too-slow.patch
Providing it applies cleanly there will now be a commit in their local copy and they can either make additional commits or push it out. The '-s' option attaches a 'Signed By: ' line to the commit with the developers commit information. This is required, without it the commit should be rejected by the eclipse git server as not valid. There is an update hook in place that validates that either the commit or signed by fields are in fact eclipse committers authorized to commit to the repository.
Using Gerrit @ Eclipse
Someday we'll have access to Gerrit @ Eclipse. https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=283749


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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cartier Illuminations
Garlands of lights decorate many Paris shops and cafés even when closed...
Not so different from the garland designs on display at the Grand Palais
Of Cartier diamonds are they?
This is a not-to-be-missed exhibit if you're in Paris through February 16, 2014.
Elizabeth Taylor's ruby necklace given by third husband, Mike Todd.
Royalty demanded ever more intricate jewelry designs from Cartier.
Boom times economically have been boom times creatively for Cartier.
The Roaring 20s was no exception.
Many young American heiresses like Marjorie Merriweather Post and Barbara Hutton, plus Hollywood stars Grace Kelly and Liz kept Cartier on their toes creating new fabulous pieces. Daisy Fellows, grand daughter and heiress of Singer sewing machine fortune magnet Isaac Singer, was endlessly demanding for the most extravagant jewelry.
We have Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor to thank for Cartier's obsession with the panther
Her taste prevailed here like everywhere else...
This exhibit is spectacular.
A kaleidoscope effect constantly changing above on the walls reflects the 600 pieces featured in the exhibition dating from 1847 to 1970.
Just outside more shiny necklaces along the Champs-Elysees
Every arrondissement has their illuminations like on rue Daguerre.
While shops like Caron, bd Saint Germain try to outshine each other
Patisserie Gerard Mulot
Cafés are just as festive.
Eat your own stars at boulangerie Maeder, 18, rue de Lourmel for once-a-year Alsacian etoile pain d'Epice. DON'T MISS! this years panther high jinks from Cartier where ever you live.
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So festive..It must be sensas in person!ReplyDelete
Ooh and ahhhh....how gloriously magical. Must be an absolute wonderland! Xoxo had to share. :-)ReplyDelete
Now I will always think of you when I see holiday lights in garlands as Everywoman's Cartier jewels.ReplyDelete
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It is pretty here though quite different from New York..Delete
Sparkley lights everywhere.. do you where your sun glasses day & night ?ReplyDelete
Bonjour chère amie,ReplyDelete
Tout un rêve !... et des étincelles plein les yeux...
A l'aube de ces fêtes de fin d'année, je te souhaite tout plein de bonnes choses afin que tout se réalise, y compris le bonheur...
Gros bisous à toi ♥
Dying to see the Cartier exhibition! Will have to be one for the new year. Love all the pretty lights in this post!ReplyDelete
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6. Show real-time shipping status information
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