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European Commission
Dacian Cioloş
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
China and Europe – A new ambition for a knowledge-based agriculture
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences / Beijing
13 June 2012
Ladies and gentlemen,
It's an honour for me to address you all today, and I would like to thank the authorities of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for inviting me to do so.
I would also like to thank the 41 CAAS research institutes and their staff for the active cooperation they have on many on-going projects in the field of agriculture, food, environment protection and technologies at European level or with European Union Member States.
I am sure that for the next 5 to 10 years, we are going to build a lot on all the work done and the cooperation developed so far. There is a real need and interest, for both sides for a strengthened strategic cooperation between us.
In Europe, we like to say that Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Over and over again, we, as humans, have shown a formidable ability to be inventive and innovative when faced with new challenges. And probably in China, you did so more than anywhere in the world in the field of agriculture.
The fact that you managed to feed 1,4 billion people is a great source of optimism, notably knowing that China's arable land represents only 10% of the total arable land in the world. And you proved that it can support over 20% of the world's population.
But still, the future will uncover new challenges. The needs to invest and to work together are present more than ever before.
As experts, you are perfectly aware of the figures. We have to get ready, by 2050, to feed 9 billions people on planet Earth – hopefully offering better living conditions and secure access to safe and quality food to our people. Knowing that hunger affects today nearly 1 billion people. This gives an idea of the size of the challenges ahead.
If current consumption trends continue, we can expect food demand to increase by 70%, at the same time with the demand for feed, fibre, biomass and material.
Therefore, this leads to two important questions :
In the past, we achieved productivity gains of up to 20% per decade. But we have seen the impact of certain farming techniques, leading to the over-exploitation of natural resources and to negative impact on environment. The costs of these collateral effects are difficult to evaluate. In Europe, scientists consider that only 11% of our ecosystems are in a good state, 45% of EU soils suffer from problems of quality.
So, to cut a long story short, we must produce more with less, which fundamentally implies a shift towards a different growth path.
We are entering a world in which there are not only climate change and environment-related uncertainties but also economic uncertainties, with the unprecedented volatility of the markets, and social uncertainties generated, for example by the big gap between the standard of living in rural and urban areas.
These three uncertainties create instability and call for action at local, national and international level.
We need to invest.
Of course, we need to invest both human and financial resources in research and innovation– I will come back later to these important aspects. But we also need to invest in the multi-functional role of agriculture as the main fabric of our rural areas. And this goes beyond arithmetic, beyond a policy only aiming at increasing yields or milk productivity.
Today's challenges are complex. We need to adopt a new perspective on farming so as to be able to consider agriculture in all its various aspects. In addition to food security, which in itself has become more complex, there are the variables of natural resources to be preserved and of territorial development – meaning economic activities that bring jobs and growth in rural areas.
This new perspective also means taking into account all aspects related to agricultural economy including, for example, the issue of added-value within the food chain, the organisation of specific sectors and, above all, the balanced development of rural areas. I am convinced that farmers' income and diversification of rural economies (for example in tourism), are part of the answer to the global long term food security challenge.
This is the reason why, in the last years, the European Union developed a holistic approach to Rural Development. Together with the 27 Member States of the EU, we created rural development programmes with objectives, targets and success indicators at national and sometimes regional level.
This strategic approach implies a multi-level governance. It involves local, regional, national and European Union authorities, within a seven years planning approach. It involved research institutes and cooperation among experts. It involves public authorities and private initiatives, a very wide range of knowledge and experiences.
In this context, we also created a local development approach called "LEADER" which, at present, has 2300 local action groups. This approach became a model for other policies at European level. LEADER involves all public and private partners around the concept of community to create dynamics at local level in order to achieve very concrete actions: develop a short food chain, increase added-value for local farmers by investing in processing food at local level, etc.
LEADER has taken root on the ground, sprouted and started producing the fruits we see today. In the coming years it will help us in strengthening the connections between rural and urban zones.
At European level, we share the "good stories" across a European Network of Rural Development to encourage good practices. And I am convinced that we could go for further exchange at international level on this approach as well as on technologies.
This experience can also help us in making our research and development policy more efficient. In the 1960s and 1970s, as I said, there were important challenges, but they were simpler than they are today. For the most part, the problems which had to be tackled by research scientists involved a single variable: the quantitative aspect of food security.
Nowadays, we need to address all problems in an inclusive way. This means, more funds are needed for research and innovation – and the European Commission is committed to double the funds for research and innovation in agriculture for the period 2014-2020. In the meantime, new methods are needed as well as more cooperation among us at political and technical level.
Two key elements for the future are :
In Europe, I am working closely with my colleague, Màire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner in charge of research and development to put in place an efficient toolbox for agriculture around 3 different elements :
Those three elements aim at:
For all these aspects, international cooperation is crucial.
The cooperation between Europe and China, the two largest agricultural producers in the world is a key for success.
I know you share this point of view that we need to do more together. And during my official visit these days I understood better how wide the field of cooperation could be.
I am sure that many of our priorities could lead to cooperation.
From sustainable resources management (priority of the European Innovation Partnership) to reducing disparities between rural and urban areas, and to improving food quality, food safety and healthy lifestyles, we can for sure share a lot and achieve much more together than alone.
This is a process that already started. I am sure that it can be strengthen by adding our agricultural expertise - and my services are available for that, ready to participate in this task force in order to define priorities and common projects.
As Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, this is my second visit to China. Last time, we had a very successful dialogue on quality products which lead to the registration of 10 Chinese quality food products in Europe and 10 European quality food products in China.
I'm sure that we are on the right path if in the next months and years our scientists and our experts manage to share at least 10 good ideas, as qualitative as the food products we registered!
I am convinced that it is going to be the case. And I conclude by saying that as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, I will continue to be fully involved to make this happen.
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"Within the past decade, Wisconsin's ICAC Task Force has arrested hundreds of suspects, and we continue to grow by adding more partners," Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said. "We are pleased to have the Jackson County Sheriff's Department as our newest member. The training of more officers only furthers my mission to protect Wisconsin's children and hold offenders accountable."
As part of this affiliation, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department is eligible for:
•Reimbursement to help fund ICAC-related expenses, including computer hardware and software;
•Notification of and priority for sought-after ICAC-related training, offered both nationally and in Wisconsin;
•Investigative assistance from highly trained ICAC investigators and forensic computer analysts throughout the state;
•Access to the national ICAC email group;
•Recognition on both the Jackson County Sheriff's Department's website, and on the Wisconsin Department of Justice website.
To learn more about the ICAC Task Force program at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, contact Detective Kelly Bakken at (715) 284-5357, ext. 103.
One in seven children is asked online to engage in sexual activities, sexual talk, or provide personal sexual information. Van Hollen has placed a priority on law enforcement's proactive response to the growing problem of Internet crimes against children. To that end, Van Hollen has directed a 67% increase in the number of special agents assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force within the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). In 2012, the ICAC Task Force was responsible for arresting 131 suspected child predators -- the highest number of arrests during a calendar year ever recorded for the Task Force. Additionally, in the same year, more than 37,000 individuals attended more than 900 ICAC presentations and community outreach as part of efforts to further the agency's mission to protect children.
In addition to expanding investigative capacity internally, Van Hollen and the Department of Justice have continued to add local affiliates to the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force. The number of local law enforcement partners to the Department of Justice's ICAC Task Force has increased to almost 200 since Attorney General Van Hollen took office. A list of affiliates can be accessed at ICAC Affiliates.
For more information on how your community can become an affiliate of the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force, contact Special Agent in Charge Jenniffer Price at (608) 266-1671.

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Part of a competition in Northeast India, Pu Zozam ate five chili peppers, then collapsed. Food scientists call the Bhut Jolokia he ate one of the world's hottest peppers. Writer Mary Roach talks about her experience traveling to the state of Nagaland to try the pepper for herself.
Spicy Spectacles: The Hunt For The World's Hottest Pepper
By editor • May 28, 2013


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1074: Moon Landing
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. You have probably seen him on many different TV shows from anything on the Discovery Channel to The Big Bang Theory.
Megan's argument about NASA faking the moon landing gives a far more compelling argument than Tyson does. And of course Cueball responds with a pun on the word "burn". Burn can mean a particularly effective joke that insults another person. Additionally, burn in space travel means when the space ship burns fuel for propulsion. In this case, the "burn" was so effective it pushed the spaceship out of orbit (which usually takes a very large amount of burning - depending on the gravity of the planet or moon.)
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NASA's Spirit and Opportunity are Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER) on an ongoing robotic space mission exploring the planet Mars.
NASA's Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
NASA's New Horizons is a robotic spacecraft mission currently en route to the dwarf planet Pluto. It is expected to be the first spacecraft to flyby and study Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra and S/2011 P 1, with an estimated arrival date at the Pluto-Charon system of July 14, 2015.
NASA's Cassini–Huygens is a flagship-class NASA-ESA-ASI spacecraft sent to the Saturn system. It has studied the planet and its many natural satellites since arriving there in 2004, also observing Jupiter, the Heliosphere, and testing the theory of relativity.
NASA's Curiosity is a Mars rover launched on November 26, 2011. Currently en route to the planet, it was scheduled to land in Gale Crater at about 05:31 UTC on August 6, 2012. The rover's objectives include searching for past or present life, studying the Martian climate, studying Martian geology, and collecting data for a future manned mission to Mars.
NASA's TiME or Titan Mare Explorer is a proposed spacecraft lander that, if launched, would probe Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, and would perform the first exploration of an extraterrestrial sea.
Project M was a proposed NASA project headed by Stephen J. Altemus, to send a Robonaut to the Moon.
And that is terrible to hear in the image text that we haven't been more than half an inch from the surface of the Earth if it were the size of a basketball. Personally, I'm putting most of my hope in Space X. With most of the NASA layoffs, a lot of the people went over to Space X. (A private company dedicated to space travel founded by former eBay founder Elon Musk.) I think they (or another private company) are the only hope of getting back into space and permanently this time.
- [Cueball is sitting at a table with a laptop open. His hands are on the keys.]
- Cueball: Hah-- Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a great reply to people who doubt astronauts went to the moon.
- Voice off-screen: Oh?
- Cueball: "Atop 3,000 tons of rocket fuel, where else do you think they were headed?"
- [The voice off screen turns out to be Megan. She is depicted, and now Cueball is off-screen.]
- Megan: Cute. But it overlooks an even simpler argument.
- Cueball: Which is?
- [Both Megan and Cueball are now visible. Cueball has turned his chair around to face her.]
- Megan: If NASA were willing to fake great accomplishments, they'd have a second one by now.
- Cueball: Ouch.
- Megan: ...Too mean?
- Cueball: That burn was so harsh I think you deorbited.
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The distance from Earth to Moon (the farthest we have gone away from earth) is twenty four times the diameter of Earth. If the Earth was a Basketball, the farther we have gone would be three meters from it, as the basketball is about 12 cm. The Randall statement is either wrong or purposely wrong. 188.8.131.52 00:55, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
- The previous comment is wrong because the title text says that "[...]if the Earth were a basketball, in 40 years no human's been more than half an inch from the surface." Randall said "in 40 years" not the life of human space travel as a whole.
- Further clarification: The last manned moon landing was in 1972, 40 years ago. Since then, no human has traveled past close Earth orbit. A regulation men's basketball is 29.5 inches in circumference, or roughly 9.4 inches (~21cm) in diameter. Using the basketball as a model for the Earth, half an inch off the surface of the basketball is about 340km from the surface of the Earth - a decent approximation for the average orbital distance of the International Space Station and other recent targets of human spaceflight. 184.108.40.206 19:29, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Removed text that reads like a personal comment in the Title Text section: "And that is terrible to hear in the image text that we haven't been more than half an inch from the surface of the Earth if it were the size of a basketball. Personally, I'm putting most of my hope in Space X. With most of the NASA layoffs, a lot of the people went over to Space X. (A private company dedicated to space travel founded by former eBay founder Elon Musk.) I think they (or another private company) are the only hope of getting back into space and permanently this time." Frijole (talk) 21:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- How can one be a FORMER eBay founder? Once you've done something, such as founding a company, you always will have done it.220.127.116.11 19:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
It's January 2015 and somewhere in Los Angeles, the Tyrell Corporation are developing the Replicants that die in 2019. Sometime in the next four years someone is going to be off the shoulder of Orion. I have no idea what the hell this comic is alluding. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 19:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Why the ch*rp isn't this comic in Category:Space? 126.96.36.199 16:23, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Basketball is a peaceful planet, we have no weapons -- Hardware Wars. Mountain Hikes (talk) 03:40, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
- There is no living possible on Basketball. All the irregular shaking, rotating, bouncing off a gray giant planet won't let the catastrophes end for quite some time. 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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"We are extremely pleased with the state's decision to sell the Sooner Sub to the Stillwater Central Railroad. The support we have had from our customers and interchange partners throughout this entire process was extremely humbling," said Ed McKechnie, chief commercial officer of Watco Companies, the parent company of SLWC.
SLWC currently operates over the Sooner Sub and the line has been called the heart of SLWC's rail network. SLWC said many of the current customers on the Sooner Sub supported its proposal to the state.
The winning proposal sets the sale price of the line at $75 million along with a commitment of the purchaser to bring the Sooner Sub to FRA Class 3 track conditions, which SLWC estimates will cost $2.35 million. SLWC has invested $16 million in the Sooner Sub since 1998 and the railroad plans for an aggressive capital and maintenance program and says it will spend between $2.4 and $2.6 million per year over the next 10 years on the Sooner Sub. SLWC estimates the total cost of capital and maintenance expenditures for infrastructure investment over the next 10 years will be approximately $25 million.
Additionally, SLWC has partnered with Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH) to continue to explore establishing passenger rail in the state by bringing a daily passenger service between Del City and Sapulpa, eventually working to gain access to Tulsa and downtown Oklahoma City.
With the purchase of the Sooner Sub, the SLWC will maintain its 275-mile Oklahoma network that currently runs from Duke through Lawton, Oklahoma City and Stroud, ending just outside of Tulsa in Sapulpa. Trackage rights through Tulsa allows the SLWC to interchange traffic with its sister railroad, the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, which serves customers in Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. The SLWC also has a separate line running from Stillwater to Pawnee.
The SLWC interchanges with Class 1 railroads BNSF, Union Pacific Railroad and Kansas City Southern Railway, as well as shortline partners including the AOK Railroad, Farmrail System and the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.
Oklahoma's process for sale of the line consisted of requesting formal bids that were then reviewed by the Oklahoma Secretaries of Finance, Agriculture, Transportation, Commerce and Energy. Two short listed proposals were then given further consideration through formal negotiation and an economic impact assessment.
"We look forward to working with our customers to meet Oklahoma's freight and passenger rail needs in the years ahead. We very much appreciate the support we have received from so many people and are committed to going to work to surpass expectations," added McKechnie.


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After competing in their school level contests for the 2014 You Be the Chemist Challenge, 11 Grundy County students will be moving on to the regional contest.
The national contest celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, plus the 25th anniversary of the national organizer, The Chemical Educational Foundation in Arlington, Va.
The Grundy/LaSalle Challenge site was the pilot group for this contest and saw two national winners over the years.
Students from 11 local schools participated: Coal City Middle School, Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Middle School, Milton Pope School, Minooka Junior High, Saratoga Grade School, Shabbona Middle School, Shepherd Middle School, Oglesby Washington Jr. High, Parkside Junior High, Seneca Grade School and Waltham Elementary.
The intent of the challenge is to involve members of the chemical industry in outreach initiatives that encourage educators and students to learn more about chemistry.
Executed in question and answer style format, students are quizzed in the competition with questions like, "Which of the following is a colloid: dry ice, sugar, vinegar, mayonnaise or red wine?" If they answer mayonnaise, they are correct.
The students began by studying online guides and then took a qualifying test at school. The top three are declared, and the top two go on to compete at the regional level.
The school runner-ups and any open registration students will vie for five spots at that competition along with the 11 school winners. Both counties compete Feb. 24 in Seneca.
Each school winner will be awarded their school level prize at this competition, which was a laptop for the winner and a $50 gift card for the runner-up of each school.
At the regional competition, the winner of each county team will win $100 and the runner-up of each county team will win $50. Trophies, medallions and a bag of token gifts from the sponsors also will be awarded.
From the regional contest, the three top students of each county team will advance to the state competition.
The alternate from each county also will advance, but will need to compete in a play-in round to win one of the four open spots for the main contest.
There are six other sites in Illinois, so there will be a total of 28 competitors for the state contest, which will be at North Central College in Naperville on April 27.
There, only one student will win first place for Illinois and will advance to the national level of this contest to be held June 23 in Philadelphia.
Grundy County winners:
Coal City Middle School
• Clayton Lindemulder – eighth grade
• Chris Fischer – eighth grade
• Caitlyn Painter – eighth grade
Middle School
• Tommy Cahill – sixth grade
• Emma Franks – eighth grade
• Dylan Bryant – eighth grade
Minooka Jr. High School
• Matt Schofield – eighth grade
• Carson Goffinet – eighth grade
• Roisin Connellan – eighth grade
Shabbona Middle School
• Dawson Moore – eighth grade
• Peter Smyk – eighth grade
• Michael Metesh – eighth grade
• Saratoga Middle School
• Joey Lyle – eighth grade
• Kailey Pierce – eighth grade
• Logan Mueller – eighth grade
Open Registration Contestant – 56 students competed in an open registration contest. Esther Mathew, seventh-grader from Dunlap Middle School in Dunlap, took third and was attached to the closest challenge site – Grundy County. She is a repeating contestant for this area who had played for LaSalle County last year.


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Even in these tempestuous times, some things are still predictable. Bank CEOs still plead poverty after receiving billion-dollar favors from the government. And there are apparently still reporters who take their word for it.
Recently a lawsuit was filed against JPMorgan Chase which details massive investor fraud at Bear Stearns, the firm it acquired at the government's request - and at considerable public expense - during the 2008 crisis. And right on time, JPM CEO Jamie Dimon ran to reporters to claim that his bank really lost money on that extraordinarily cushy deal.
Such is the credulousness of our journalistic class that this well-timed disclaimer didn't raise any red flags at the Washington Post. And when the bank claimed that it lost $10 billion in the Bear Stearns acquisition. This extraordinary assertion is simply repeated, without challenge or investigation.
The figure wasn't even put in quotes.
The paper's editors punched up the bank-friendly spin by headlining the piece, "JPMorgan remorse on Bear Stearns prompts question: Were crisis mergers worth it?" Let's help readers out with that question.
The Ten Billion Dollar Hit
In fact, as we noted yesterday, this was one hell of a deal for JPMorgan Chase. And nevertheless the Post unquestioningly asserts today that "JPMorgan took a $10 billion hit on the Bear Stearns portfolio."
Readers are entitled to an explanation for a statement that bold, but none is forthcoming. Instead, the Post wants us to believe -- as do a number of other Washington power players - that Dimon and JPMorgan Chase took one for the team, jeopardizing their profits because ... well, because they love their country. It's already cost 'em ten billion, so let's give them a break, right?
And yet the Post, like most other major news outlets, reported in 2008 that the Federal Reserve agreed to absorb $29 billion in losses to the mortgage securities portfolio after JPM absorbed the first $1 billion. So where did this $10 billion figure come from? Given the deal which the government set up for the bank, a lot of money would have to disappear before a "hit" like this could talke place.
The Math
It was reported in 2008 that JPMorgan Chase paid a $1.2 billion to acquire Bear Stearns, whose Manhattan headquarters alone were valued at somewhere between $1.1 and 1.4 billion at the time. Then there were other properties, corporate jets, automobiles, various holdings, cash on hand ... since the Post didn't do the math, let's do it ourselves:
Published reports stated that Bear Stearns had a total of $370 billion in assets when JPM purchased it. Danielle Douglas,Post reporter whose byline appears in today's article, reports that the sale price as $1.5 billion, which is higher than earlier reports. The difference is not explained. But even if that higher figure is correct, JPMorgan Chase acquired $370 billion in assets for $1.5 billion.
That's a damned good deal.
For $1.5 billion (or less) JPM also bought itself another huge chunk of market share, a whole book of business filled with customers, a new team of employees, and an increase in the priceless leverage you get from being even more "too big to fail." That means you have an even bigger implied guarantee that the government will rescue you from future management mistakes.
All of these intangible assets have genuine value, and they undoubtedly drove up the bank's share prices.
The Half-Trillion Dollar Loss
And yet Ms. Douglas reports that JPM "took a $10 billion hit." Time for a little more arithmetic:
That would have to mean that total losses came to more than $400 billion. Here's why: The total cost to JPM would have to include $1.5 billion purchase price. Then it would be forced to absorb the first billion in losses before the Fed's guarantee kicks in. That makes $2.5 billion.
At this point the bank would still be $367.5 billion ahead on the deal. And that's not counting any of the intangible advantages of the deal, which are immense (and which could be computed with enough time and information.)
In order to take an additional "hit," these unspecified losses would have to burn through the $29 billion guarantee from the Fed. After that, JPMorgan Chase would presumably have to start paying for the losses. But they'd still need to pay out more than $367.5 billion before they even began to "take a hit."
The total would have to exceed $400 billion before JPM could lose anything like the amount cited in the Post article. (I've put the rest of the calculation in a footnote.) Or, if you prefer to round up a bit, something approaching half a trillion dollars.
The Mystery Hit
Unless, that is, the losses didn't come from Bear Stearns' mortgage securities. In that case the losses only have to exceed $367 billion. And "only" should be written in quotes. However you cut it, the idea of a $10 billion "hit" from this book of business is very hard to believe ... at least, not without a lot more information than the Post provides.
One other thing: Douglas also reports, as do many other media outlets, that "the government realized a $765 million profit from the interest earned on the vehicle created to hold the securities." That "profit" is a rounding error compared to the sums given to JPM during the course of the crisis. And if the government earned this profit from its involvement, does that mean the Fed didn't pay out the $29 billion?
If it didn't pay out on those losses, that would only lead us back to our original question: Where did the "$10 billion dollar hit" come from?
Not Even Close
This acquisition gave JPM a lot of good will - both in the accounting sense, and politically. It gave it a huge marketing boost, increased market dominance, and an even greater implied government guarantee against failure as it became even more "too big to fail."
Douglas' piece says that Jamie Dimon was asked whether he'd do this acquisition again today, knowing what he knows now. His answer? "It's real close." I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a statement of my own: If he'd lost ten billion dollars for no good reason on this deal, that question wouldn't be close at all.
One more question: Has Dimon been criticized by anyone on the board for an act of charity toward the US government that cost his shareholders ten billion? Because if that's what it was, he breached his fiduciary responsibility as CEO.
It's very unlikely that he did.
The Manhattan Whale
Until we have some real answers, we have to assume that this $10 billion figure is nothing more than the usual smoke and mirrors we've come to expect from Jamie Dimon. After all, Dimon's the same guy who reassured investors that his bank's new risk model was securely in place -- even as it was being bypassed by the London unit that eventually incurred $6-7 billion in losses.
That unit reported directly to Jamie Dimon, according to reports.
Jamie Dimon's also the same guy who assured investors that reported losses from that unit were just a "tempest in a teapot." And he's the same guy who said those losses, once they were revealed, would be roughly $2 billion. At last report, the bank said total losses amounted to $6.2 billion.
You'd think a track record like that would inspire a little healthy skepticism among our nation's journalists.
Apparently not.
As promised, here's the arithmetic. Aren't you glad you waited?
$370 billion in hard assets acquired for $1.5 billion: At this point JPM is $368.5 billion ahead.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the bank burns through another billion in losses before the Fed guarantee kicks in. JPM is still $367.5 billion ahead .
The Fed absorbs the next $29 billion before JPM pays out any more in losses. That means that total losses need to reach $396.5 billion before JPM begins to take a "hit" again.
Then it has to lose $10 billion more on the deal, which gets us to $406.5 billion.


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onFocus() onBlur() Control
I have an odd problem here.
I am trying to control the playback head in flash by wether its parent page is focus or not. The file is meant to play continuisly but contains some external links throughout the presentation. So I want playback to cease when the new windows open and start again when the window containing the flash file comes back into focus.
Using this:
function PassFlashFocus(){
window.document.MyFlashFile.SetVariable("state", "focus");
function PassFlashBlur(){
window.document.MyFlashFile.SetVariable("state", "blur");
and this:
<body onFocus="PassFlashFocus()" onBlur="PassFlashBlur()">
Now this works fine if you click from one window to another. As focus changes the playback stops and starts. However....
The Problem....
When you click on the swf anywhere at all the JS tells flash the window blurred. If you click on the space around the flash file (still in the document) the JS tells flash the file is now focused again.
Does anyone know what is up? I thought the body tag represented the window level in the DOM. Does anyone know a work around for this. It seems so simple yet I've wasted an enormous amount of time with no sucess.
Any help is appreciated
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Hi Flashjunkie, Welcome to SitePoint Forums!
I looked into this a little when another member asked this same question recently. I'm no expert on this topic, but I did not find a decent work-around.
The effects you're describing are correct. When the swf object, or any form control, etc. receive the focus then the window loses the focus. In IE only (I think), you can use document.activeElement to determine the element currently focused. But even with IE's proprietary properties/methods I could not find a way to determine when the user has focused another window. Hopefully someone else knows of a way to do it - I didn't get to spend too much time on it.
BTW, in IE the swf object as well as the form controls are implemented as "windowed" objects.Cross-Browser.com, Home of the X Library


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Along with doubling the amount of congressional districts in the country.
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Man steals kettle full of cash from Salvation Army bell-ringer outside Manchester store
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) � Manchester police are looking for a man who stole a kettle full of cash from a Salvation Army bell-ringer.
Nicole Tierney says it happened while she was collecting donations outside a Manchester store Tuesday night.
Tierney says a masked man dropped some coins into her kettle outside Hobby Lobby on South Willow St., unhooked it and took off before she realized what had happened.
Tierney believes there was about $300 in donations in the kettle at the time.
Police are checking to see if surveillance cameras captured the thief in action.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo passed statewide legislation raising the penalty from $150 to $600 per carton for illegally selling untaxed cigarettes, and the City Council is currently working to create a city fine of $2,000. If passed, second offenders would have to pay $5,000.
In addition to these measures, State Senator Tony Avella and The Small Business Congress (SBC) have proposed a task force to nab bootleggers at the source.
With a proposed nine-member board, this anti-smuggling panel would hold public hearings to recommend new legislation and develop innovative law enforcement techniques to help target illegal distribution.
"Of course there are individual agencies working on this problem, but are they giving it the proper attention and coordination?" Avella asked. ""I've found, through all my years in government, that one agency doesn't always talk to the other and there has to be a comprehensive approach. This has gotten really serious."
Avella said that in addition to creating unfair competition, the illegal sale of cigarettes has put dollars into the pockets of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
"Black market cigarettes also hurt law-abiding mom-and-pop stores and other small businesses throughout New York by putting those who do pay taxes at a competitive disadvantage," he said. "It is imperative that concerted efforts to develop enhanced measures and strategies to fully address this issue are undertaken."
According to the SBC, the city has lost nearly $250 million in revenue since 2002 due to illegal sales.
"We need to stop the black market sales so that retailers who sell cigarettes are not continually victimized," said SBC president Sung Soo Kim.
Avella joined members of the SBC and business owners to announce the proposed task force last week at a deli on 38th Avenue and Union Street in Flushing.
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According to SBC executive vice president Steven Barrison, the city and state need more than just additional fines to combat this issue.
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Where to find an EA82T rebuild kit
Posted 07 July 2005 - 03:51 PM
(exactally what I want, but it looks like EA81 only)
(can't tell what comes with what kits)
(can sorta tell what comes with kits)
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
- James B
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 10:19 AM
How bad is your engine? You may not even need pistons, which are the most expensive bit.
I haven't torn down the motor yet, I needed to fix the A/C on my daily driver truck. The donor car was wrecked with about 200,000 miles on the odometer, but the fluids looked good so it was likely maintained. Hopefully the teardown can start tonite. I am leaning towards a re-ring kit from the autoparts store, and borrowing a ridge reamer and cylinder hone. I dunno about the heads yet, I'll look and see when I get in there. Maybe re-mans, maybe try to rebuild it at home and pay for the machine work I can't do myself.
ramegines does ea82t stuff. i emailed him and asked. i was looking at the masterkit rebuild kit, well i think it was call the master, with forged pistons, bearings and all the other stuff you need. but it was like $1200, and ther was something about haveing to send you cams in to be reground and other stuff needed to be done to the heads. but if he can get 140hp out of an n/a ea81, i think a 150 out of an ea82t if possible with little effort, but i could be wrong.
That $1200 kit from Ram engines sounds very nice. But this would go over what I want to spend, and not leave anything left over to get new hoses, wires, and exhaust parts. This is my first try at this, so for me it is more a learning experience than a necessity. My main problem is I want a nice engine, but don't want to pay for it.
- James B
Posted 12 July 2005 - 11:41 AM
Gee, that makes you unique around here!
... My main problem is I want a nice engine, but don't want to pay for it. ...
Yeah, going all out on your first try is probably not the way to go. A re-ring kit would probably work for you, unless you know that the crankshaft bearings are really bad. Doing the top half will give you the experience without you risking getting in way over your head and ending up with a couple boxes of dirty, oily parts.
There is not much to do on the head that wouldn't be covered by the machine shop doing the valves.
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Freshened since running a close third behind Hansen and Union Rags in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, Creative Cause will face five challengers in the elongated sprint that has served as a formidable launching pad for eight winners of the Kentucky Derby.
"He's worked very nice," said Harrington. "He seems to be coming up to the race fine. I think he's on his game." Jockey Joel Rosario concurs. "He could be a little fresh coming off a layoff," Rosario allowed, "but he's a great horse, and I love to ride him."
Rosario first became acquainted with Creative Cause when they teamed for a 3 ¾-length victory in Santa Anita's Grade I Norfolk Stakes at 1 1/16 miles prior to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, a one-length setback while forced three wide around the final turn.
"His Breeders' Cup race was a good one," said Rosario. "I was impressed with it. Maybe he's the right horse for the Derby, who knows?"
With earnings of $521,000 from a 3-1-1 record in five starts, Creative Cause won his first two starts sprinting including Del Mar's Grade II Best Pal Stakes. He subsequently was roughed up in the stretch run of the Grade I Del Mar Futurity at seven furlongs.
After crossing the line third, one-length behind victorious Drill, Creative Cause was moved up to second following the disqualification of Majestic City, deemed responsible for the stretch-run bumping.
Drill, dusted by Creative Cause when second in the Norfolk preceding a tenth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, will try again for trainer Bob Baffert in the San Vicente.
The $300,000 yearling purchase by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman has not been able to reach the winner's circle in five starts since his victory in the Del Mar Futurity. He went down to Creative Cause as the 3-5 favorite in the Norfolk. Drill, who will be accompanied by regular rider Martin Garcia, needs a dramatic turnaround to regain lost stature on the Derby trail. His overall record of 2-1-0 in eight starts has earned $249,710.
Maiden winner American Act could be the main danger to Creative Cause in the race that has produced Kentucky Derby winners Silver Charm (1997), Bold Forbes (1976), Majestic Prince (1969), Lucky Debonair (1965), Tomy Lee (1959), Swaps (1955), Determine (1954) and Hill Gail (1952).
Trained by Jack Carava for Howard and Janet Siegel, American Act did not break his maiden until his third start on Jan. 16, but he did so stylishly by two lengths over Baffert's rapidly developing Bodemeister. The gelded son of Quiet American covered 5 ½ furlongs in 1:02.39 under Martin Pedroza.
"He looked pretty impressive," Carava told Daily Racing Form. "It's turned out to be a strong race. I think he's a good horse. The first time we gave him a race, and the second time he was a good second." Pedroza has the return riding call.
The complete field for the San Vicente Stakes, with jockeys and weights in post position order: Let's Get Crackin, Victor Espinoza, 118; Creative Cause, Joel Rosario, 123; Drill, Martin Garcia, 123; Smoking G, Corey Nakatani, 118; American Act, Martin Pedroza, 118, and Captain Obvious, Mario Gutierrez, 118.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
SEC Claims Another Title
Not so.
The MZone has learned that it wasn't the BCS embarrassment that got Jimbo's knickers in a knot. It was the fact that the SEC trumped the Big 10 in yet another head-to-head match up. Of course I'm talking about the NCAA National Mascot Hand Painting Championships held last week in Seattle.
In the four day competition, the SEC went on a tear, kicking some serious hand-puppet ass and dealing another setback to the Big 10 as the SEC took the top three spots.
In third place was the University of Alabama and their elephant mascot "Big Al" as displayed below by Brian Hannerhan, a sophomore from Mobile...
Coming in second place was the University of Florida. The Gators took second despite repeated pleas in the media by their mascot hand painting coach Manny Urbanski who said his team deserved to be the champions due to their brutal non-conference schedule against former Mascot Hand Painting title holders Tulane, BYU and Gonzaga during a three week stretch last fall.
And the 2007 NCAA National Mascot Hand Painting Championships is...
The Auburn University. This is the second year in a row the squad from Auburn has taken the crown which has led to calls by some for NMHPC officials to change the rules to prevent teams from using multiple team mascots as Auburn did again with their War Eagle and Tiger...
The Auburn team was also going to include their third mascot, the Plainsman, but nobody could figure out what the fuck that would look like.
Following the competition, Delaney said the Big 10 was at a disadvantage against the SEC because they must balance mascot hand painting skills with academics.
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- Sports on a Schtick said...
Nice handjob on the spread eagle.
- February 15, 2007 3:08 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
To Jim Delaney: History is against you.
Long ago, the SEC schools (with the usual exception of Vanderbilt) adopted simple, well-known animals as their mascots - Bulldogs (2), Tigers (2), a Wildcat, Gator (not Alligator, son - Gator), an Eagle (of the War sub-genous) and an Elephant. Tennessee was left out just because, well...just because.
A rooster and a wild pig were added later for seasoning.
All of these animals are well-known and easily recognized by school children of all ages.
Now what has history dealt you in the Big 10? Sure, you've got a few of the same - Wildcat, Badger, Gopher. But you'd have a hard time explaining just what in the hell a Hawkeye is, much less paint it on someone's hand. Is it a hawk, an eye, the eye of a hawk, Alan Alda, or Natty Bumpo?
A Buckeye is common enough, I guess, but hardly the makings of inspirational hand art. Boilermakers and Spartans just don't come around in everyday discussion, and don't even get me started on a Hoosier. Even THEY don't know what a Hoosier is exactly!
And then there's the Wolverine. An animal so mean, so ferocious, and so batshit crazy that nobody wants to get within 100 miles of it in the wild, much less paint it on a hand.
No Jim, you'll never see a Wolverine in a petting zoo, and you'll probably never dominate in this all-important national competition in which simplicity and familiarity are so crucial.
- February 15, 2007 9:39 AM
- Andy said...
For everyone other than Lou Holtz, I think it is actually called Auburn University -- not the University of Auburn...
- February 15, 2007 9:43 AM
- Yost said...
Good catch, A.
- February 15, 2007 10:50 AM
- rex said...
Well here is some SEC news some of you may not be aware of Mitch Mustain the true Freshman QB from Arkansas that was 8-0 as a starter is at the University of Southern California this week thinking of transferring to USC. His former wide receiver from high school and Arkansas (I think his name is Damien Williams) has already transferred to USC. If he transfers he will have to sit out next year.
- February 15, 2007 11:17 AM
- ohio_guy said...
LMAO. nice job guys.
- February 15, 2007 2:50 PM
- Yost said...
Thanks. OG.
- February 15, 2007 2:52 PM
Those dudes that are spending all that time painting their hands probably get a lot of "tang", but I have to imagine no where close to the amount that you bloggers get.
- February 15, 2007 7:09 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Funny stuff guys. Nice post BiB, made me crack up!
- February 17, 2007 9:10 AM
Big Ten (11) Academics according to the ONLY official Football Comparison:
929 is what Ohio State thugs have as a NCAA APR (Academic Progress Report) this morning.
952 for Michigan.
950 for Iowa.
910 for Purdue.
918 for Illinois.
931 for Indiana.
961 for Northwestern.
957 for Penn State.
914 for Wisconsin.
907 for Michigan State.
918 for Minnesota.
What the hell is so bloody great about that ?
966 Florida APR.
981 Auburn.
916 Alabama.
940 Arkansas.
950 Georgia.
926 Tennessee vols of Phillip Fulmer.
911 South Carolina.
957 Vanderbilt.
958 Ole Miss.
920 Mississippi State.
940 Kentucky.
8 SEC Schools are above 935 in the APR.
4 Big Ten (11) schools are above 932 in the APR.
The SEC is twice as good academically speaking than the Big Ten (11) ever will be for Official NCAA Academic Comparisons in Football between the Big Ten (11) schools and the SEC schools.
There is ONLY 1 measure of Academics Officially for an NCAA spokesperson to speak to on this day about his conference. This takes no more than 11 minutes to look up and report.
931 Big Ten (11) Average APR in Football.
941 SEC Average APR in Football.
There is NO comparison Academically of the two football conferences in Academics.
It is as one-sided as it has ever been either in the Classroom, in the Recruiting Rankings, in the NFL Players, or on the Football Gridiron between the Big Ten (11) and the SEC.
The Big Ten (11) have also Won the Worst Percentage of their football games against The SEC at only a 42 percent Winning Percentage :
On the Road, The Big Ten (11) wins only 29 percent of its games against The SEC.
And, in Bowl Games the Big Ten (11) wins only 38 percent of its games against The SEC.
Football Academics the Big Ten (11) Commissioner wants to talk ?
Where is his URL Link to such BS ?
I mean two-thirds of the Big 10 are under 932 APR while three-fourths of The SEC football programs are ABOVE APR 934.
- February 17, 2007 10:13 AM
Auburn and Florida have higher scores than Northwestern does ...
Ole Miss has a higher score than Vandy does ...
Yeah, this is the definite proof that Big 11 is teh suxxorz
- February 19, 2007 9:28 AM


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Twenty-six members of the late Henry C. and Anna Brockmann Dahms family met at the Salem Church in Lincoln, Iowa for their 56th annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 11th, 2013.
A bountiful basket dinner was enjoyed by all present. This was followed by a Business meeting conducted by President Bonnie Murty.
Officers elected for 2014 included President Carolyn Riley, Vice President Marlis Helland, Secretary Marjorie McIntosh, Assistant Secretary Joyce Bern, and Treasurer Judy Widmayer.
Changes noted to the family history included:
Births: Catherine Olivia Shook was born on October 2, 2012 to Tom and Jennifer Shook. Grandparents are Julie (Glass) and Myron Shook. Great grandparents are Richard and Janice Glass. Linda Jae Provost was born on June 22, 2013 in Provo, Utah to Ryan and Breanna Provost. Linda is the granddaughter of the late Linda Provost and Granddaughter of Jay Provost. Greatgrandparents are Diane and Fred Neubauer with Great, great grandparents would be the late John and Lena Dahms.
Marriages: Molly Nouska married Sean Sunrell on July 28, 2012. They live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Molly is the granddaughter of Maxine Schoel.
Deaths: Ardis Dahms, November 23, 2012, wife of the late Lester Lloyd Dahms. Leonard Dahms February 1, 2013 husband of Dorene Allard Dahms and son of the late Bill and Martha Dahms; Eleanor Marie Dahms, wife of the late Donald Dahms on March 30, 2013. Late word has been received of the death of Darryl Ray Dahms in mid-August of 2013 near Las Vegas, Nevada. Darryl was the grandson of the late Adolph and Anna Dahms.
Birthdays: Marcella Dahms celebrated her 90th birthday in April 2013.
Anniversaries: Marlin and Phyllis Moeller observed their 60th wedding anniversary on June 21st , 2013.
Oldest in attendance: Elmer Bern (97), Viola Vasey (96) & Leslie Bern (94).
Youngest in attendance: Allison Thomazin, age 11 Granddaughter of Joan Meppelink.
Coming from the farthest distance: Phyllis and Marlin Moeller from their summer home in Roach, Missouri, Carolyn Riley of St. Charles, Illinois and the Jerry McIntoshes of Naperville, Illinois.
Coming from the shortest distance Elmer Bern of Lincoln, IA
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Netflix Shutters Its Public API 59
esarjeant (100503) writes "I guess it shouldn't come as a total surprise, but Netflix has gone from not issuing new developer keys to announcing the entire [public API] program will be shut down. It's a real shame they are going to be taking this offline; it spurred quite a bit of innovation for the Netflix service. For major sites that have already gone live it sounds like Netflix will let them keep going, but if you're looking to build the next FeedFliks, then you better look elsewhere."


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"From the beginning, we were like, you know what, we gotta give people the opportunity to play as good guys and bad guys."
Thus was the starting point of Traveller's Tales Transformers: The Game, which is one part movie tie-in and one part fan service. Instead of simply retelling the upcoming film's tale and alternating between control of the noble Autobots and the destructive Decepticons, the game--which is coming to PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii later this month--features an entirely separate campaign for each faction and multiple playable characters. All together, the game has nine playable characters: four Autobots and five Decepticons.
"When you boot up the game, you'll be given a choice, want to play Autobots or you want to play Decepticons," Suarez explained. "Good guys or bad guys. Wanna protect the Earth or destroy the Earth.
"With the Autobots side, we tell the movie story. You see the movie, when you play the game, the Autobots story is ultimately your structure of the movie," he continued.
Whereas the movie uses the perspective of the two human main characters--Sam Witwicky and his gal Mikaela--to frame the tale, Transformers: The Game relegates them to the background. "We turn [the movie] around and look at it from the robot side," the executive producer detailed. "It's all about the robots for us. The humans are secondary characters."
This focus on the Transformers themselves also allowed for Traveller's Tales to flesh out the film's mythology, explaining a little more of the Transformers themselves and their current situation. For example, an early cinematic in the game shows Autobot Bumblebee arriving on Earth and obtaining his Camaro form, something not shown in the movie.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons campaign isn't just a retelling of the movie from the bad guy's angle--it's a whole new take on the tale. "The Decepticons side kinda turns [the film] upside down and asks the question 'What if? What if the bad guys won?'" he elaborated. "[The] Decepticon side is really a whole new story, a whole new way of looking at the game. It's not, 'See the movie, play the game,' we're kinda taking that story and being like, alright, let's rewrite the movie.'"
As for the movie itself, the team at Traveller's Tales had the full support of the production crew, which allowed them access to movie's character models and even some of its sound effects. "We were really fortunate to be able to work with Michael Bay and his team, we had a great working relationship with them," Suarez described. "We were able to get the actual ILM models from them. It was one of these things where it took a lot of trust for them to say, 'Hey sure, here, just use our models, take them, no problem.'"
The attention to detail these character models brought to the game is easily apparent, especially in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Minor details--such as tiny mechanical joints, small wires, even the interior paneling of Bumblebee's side door--are easily noticeable.
However, just because Transformers: The Game ties into the movie doesn't mean it won't reference the rich history of the Transformers. "Another key thing [for us] was to say 'What can we create in this game?' Yes, it's a movie game but this is a franchise that has 20 years of history. What can we do to pay homage to that?'
"[We have] tons of unlockables that really pay homage to that. We have unlockable toy boxes, old comic book covers from IDW, from Marvel, from Dreamwave. There's unlockable characters, a G1 Optimus, a G1 Jazz, a G1 Megatron, different skins that we've repainted on the movie characters."
In addition to the unlockables, Transformers: The Game also contains a number of classic Transformers references. "A lot of the store fronts are all throwbacks to the TV series," the executive producer points out, gesturing towards a store sign branded with the name of old-school Transformer Seaspray. "If you guys were fans of Seaspray or Hound or any of the different characters, it's in there. It's really subtle, something most gamers won't notice, but the fanboys will, and something we really wanted to do from the get go."
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Switching to a PlayStation 3 demo station, I then attempted the respective scenario from Barricade's perspective. However, this isn't just a mirror of Bumblebee's mission--now the tricky Autobot is using a blast attack to keep Barricade at bay, and no amount of cars or buses chucked in his direction has any impact. Eventually, one of the Activision representatives pointed out that I need to block the blast attack and get as close as I can while Bumblebee is charging up the next wave. Heeding the advice, I soon end up at Bumblebee's side and knock him so hard he goes flying into the side of an adjacent building--which brings a portion of the structure crumbling down. After enough pummeling, Bumblebee eventually makes his escape and Barricade reigns victorious--a decidedly different outcome than when I was playing as Bumblebee.
After playing the Xbox 360 version, the PlaySation 3 edition looked darker, less detailed, and muddier. "Maybe it's just the TV settings," one of the reps said when asked about the difference, commenting that the two versions should look nearly identical.
I also had the opportunity to check out the Wii version of Transformers: The Game. While lacks the graphical polish and detail of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, I was impressed with how well the team at Traveller's Tales made use of the Wii's distinctive controller, which often presents problems with multi-platform development.
The only thing that bothered me with the Wii controls was using buttons on the d-pad to transform, jump, and block--it just didn't feel intuitive or natural. I was constantly asking which direction did what, but that will obviously become less of a problem with experience.
Instead of crafting two separate campaigns, the team at Vicarious Visions has created two entirely separate DS games based off the Transformers movie, one centered around the Autobots and another focusing on the Decepticons. An action-RPG told from the perspective of its respective faction, each game starts with the player assuming the role of a new recruit on that particular side. As players battle the opposite faction and accomplish goals, they gain experience points and earn new attacks, combos, forms, and characters.
The DS versions also feature four player local wireless multiplayer and an intriguing online mode, known as AllSpark Wars, which pits owners of the Decepticon and Autobot versions against on another. Using Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection setup, players connect to a server, which designates one of the game's 34 challenge missions as that day's featured mission. Players then upload their high score for that mission to the server, and whichever side has the most points at the end of the day makes some headway in the overall war.
Developed by Traveller's Tales, Transformers: The Game is slated to hit PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii at the end of June. Savage Entertainment's PSP edition and Vicarious Visions' Transformers: Autobots and Transformers: Decepticons will arrive at the same time, with the movie itself debuting in theaters on July 4.


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Reebok settled with Nike and has agreed to stop selling, making and distributing Tim Tebow apparel.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Reebok has reached a settlement with Nike, agreeing to stop producing sports apparel with the name of football star Tim Tebow, according to court documents.
Reebok agreed to stop manufacturing, distributing and selling its "unauthorized Tebow products," namely T-shirts and jerseys printed with the name of the New York Jets' quarterback, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court in New York.
Nike (NKE, Fortune 500) filed suit against Reebok on March 28, one week after Tebow was traded from the Denver Broncos to the Jets. One day later, a federal judge issued a temporary order against Reebok to stop making the products with Tebow's name.
The court ordered Reebok to tell its retailers to pull the "unauthorized Tebow products" from its shelves and that selling the products could "expose them to liability." Reebok, a unit of German sporting equipment and apparel-maker Adidas (ADDDF), was also ordered to offer to repurchase the shirts.
The document did not mention whether the settlement involved a cash settlement, except to say that no costs or attorneys' fees would be awarded to either Reebok or Nike.
Reebok and Nike did not immediately return messages from CNNMoney.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Knicks not only expect a Boston adjustment, they can guess what it is.
The Celtics never could have accomplished so much over the last six years with as little as they got from Kevin Garnett on Saturday in their playoff opener. So when the teams return to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for Game 2, Boston plans to feature much more of Garnett, along with the usual dose of Paul Pierce.
The response from the Knicks is basically: Go ahead.
"They're going to come back but we've got to worry about ourselves," Carmelo Anthony said. "As long as we do what we have to do, we have a shot and we have a chance at winning the game. We can't be too concerned about what them guys are going to do."
Garnett was just 4 of 12 from the field in the Knicks' 85-78 victory on Saturday. Perhaps out of rhythm from his lack of game action down the stretch, he finished with eight points and nine rebounds and couldn't take advantage of Tyson Chandler's struggles.
"We've got to involve him more and there's a better way to do it than the way we did it," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "And there's certain things that he didn't do, either. We've just got to do a better job of it."
Garnett played in only five of the final 17 games of the regular season, mostly while battling an ankle injury, and was on the floor for nearly 37 minutes Saturday.
"We know we've got to play through Kevin a lot more. I mean, he's probably, he is one of our best passers," Pierce said Sunday. "Doc said he wanted Kevin to be aggressive, he wants him to take 20 shots."
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Members of the group said they are reaching out to voters in several Republican congressional districts, but Coffman is a key focus because he represents a district that was bumped up to 20 percent Latino after the last round of redistricting.
"His district really changed into a more Latino and immigrant district," said Celia Reyes Martinez, state director of Mi Familia Vota Education Fund.
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In a Sunday opinion piece published in The Denver Post,Coffman called for immigration reform.
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U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a member of the group negotiating immigration reform legislation in the House, thanked Coffman for his support in the opinion piece and added that more has to be done to get the bill through the House.
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Well, the alternative is monkey pox!
Somebody needs to find that monkey paw. No doubt some shyster's put a pox on Delta for their dastardly short-sell scheme.
"Hey, I just wanted to ask about treatment for this disease that my potential daughter has in FUCKING UGANDA that I've been exposed to, but I'm not going to really be clear in my mind as to the symptoms, especially after I've already come back to the United States and am walking around in a large metropolitan airport."
Can we start imprisoning people for being idiots yet? Please?
I know it's Slashdot and nobody expects you to RTFA, but you didn't even read the summary:
Hey, I just wanted to ask about treatment for this disease that my potential daughter has in FUCKING UGANDA that I've been exposed to, but I'm not going to really be clear in my mind as to the symptoms, especially after I've already come back to the United States and am walking around in a large metropolitan airport.
1) I'm pretty sure she'd know it's truly her daughter, but maybe you want them to do a maternity test first?
2) The daughter wasn't in Uganda at the time of the phone call.
3) The summary doesn't mention that the mother was ever exposed or at risk of exposure.
4) The daughter (not the mother) was in the airport and, according to the summary (I know, I know... who bothers to read all the way through before posting?) she wa
Addressing the points you raised...
1, "Potential" daughter, because she was adopting the girl. Maternity is not a factor here; it's an adoption. I'm assuming it's pretty rare for maternity tests on adopted children to come back positive, but maybe I'm just stupid that way...so I figured we'd pass on the test.
2, It doesn't matter where the daughter was during the phone call. My point is that the phone call happened (to quote myself) "after I've already come back to the United States," which is the problem
"monkeypox, a rare and sometimes fatal disease"
As opposed to MonkeyShines, a more common and fun disease.
Seriously, you guys either need to stop posting his spam as stories or just give him the keys to the store and get out of the way. Why is this even considered for a Slashdot story? There's no News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters angle AT ALL. And that's typical of the spam from Hugh Pickens. You ban other spammers, now do the same for him.
It IS a notable story, the first time in 10+ years that I hear a story about airports where security officials and procedures do the right thing.
Send 'em a pie.
Notability isn't the issue. The issue is the type of story. That story was already covered to death in the regular press. Slashdot is for tech stories, and this doesn't have *any* tech angle at all. Unless you count someone using a cell phone?
The good news is the person next to you on the plane does not have monkeypox. The bad news is that person's clothes, and now the plane seats, are infested with bed bugs. Thanks for sharing.
There is no protection from the inconsiderate behavior of your fellow traveller.
Those passengers were lucky they weren't tased, pepper sprayed and dragged off to jail.
This is incredibly cheering news. There are still people in government capable of responding quickly and effectively to try to corral a potentially devastating epidemic.
After all the news about the TSA saving us by groping four year old girls, this is practically redemptive news. Not everyone in government is a fool, even after the thirty year decline.
Not everyone in government is a fool, even after the thirty year decline.
I don't think there are very many fools in government, aside from about 535 in charge of the operation.
Don't worry the TSA will protect us...
Ah fuck.
American orphans aren't good enough for her? Pathetic.
Why is that pathetic ? They're all just kids. It's not as if the american kids fought in nam or something.
Maybe the lady in question was born in uganda herself and would like a child from the same area.
Also, while being an orphan in the US certainly doesn't sound all that pleasureable, one could make the argument that those kids are at least fed and given a bed to sleep in. I have no expertise on the subject but i imagine orphans in uganda are often not as well off.
So they let her off the plane and onto the streets to spread more bedbugs.
This city astounds me sometimes.
I understand the quarantine and think it was justified, but if this was a simple symptom mixup, then why did it take a couple of hours to clear it up?
CDC's quick response: good. Slow follow through: bad.
It's not often that it's good news that it's "just" a bunch of bed bug bites!
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text: Home > Sports Mickelson again apologizes for 'dumb' tax comments By Mark Lamport-Stokes, Reuters Posted at Jan 24 2013 09:47 AM | Updated as of Jan 24 2013 05:47 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn SAN DIEGO - Phil Mickelson has described his "insensitive" public comments about his tax concerns as "dumb", and on a par with the last-hole gaffe that cost him the chance to win the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. The four-times major champion hinted after last week's Humana Challenge he was considering making "drastic changes" because of soaring federal and state tax rates but has since said he should have kept his thoughts to himself. "This reminds me a lot of Winged Foot in 2006, where I hit a drive way left off the tents," Mickelson told reporters on Wednesday on the eve of this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. "So this happened to be way right, but way off the tents. You know, I've made some dumb, dumb mistakes, and, obviously, talking about this stuff was one of them." Mickelson led the 2006 U.S. Open by two shots with three holes remaining but fell back into a three-way tie for second after an aggressive approach at the last led to a double-bogey. The American left-hander had hit the roof of a hospitality tent with his drive on 18, then bounced backwards off a tree with a three-iron for his second shot on the way to a closing 74. "Seven years later, I realised I should have just wedged back," a smiling Mickelson said of his second shot on the final hole. "I could have tried to make a par from the fairway, and maybe made a bogey and at worst be in a Monday playoff." "Like Winged Foot, where I tried to carve a three-iron around a tree and get it up by the green, I make double bogey and lose the U.S. Open, I think I'm going to learn my lesson and take a wedge and get it back in play. "I made a big mistake talking about this stuff publicly, and I shouldn't have done that," he added, again apologising for publicly venting his feelings about soaring tax rates for millionaires in his native California. "PHIL THE THRILL" One of the most popular figures in the game, Mickelson signs more autographs for fans than most of his peers and is nicknamed "Phil the Thrill" because of his bold and, at times, outrageous shot-making. However, he accepts that the comments he made on Sunday after he tied for 37th place at the Humana Challenge in his first PGA Tour event of the season were, at best, polarising. "It was insensitive to talk about it publicly to those people who are not able to find a job, that are struggling paycheck to paycheck," the 42-year-old said. "I think that was insensitive to discuss it in that forum." Mickelson, a 40-times winner on the PGA Tour, has piled up career earnings of more than $67 million and considerably more via corporate endorsements and his golf course design company. According to Forbes magazine, the American left-hander earned $43 million in endorsements in 2012, second only to Tiger Woods among golfers and seventh among all athletes. "Well, it's been an interesting off-season," Mickelson said on Sunday. "I'm not going to jump the gun and do it right away, but I will be making some drastic changes. "I happen to be in that zone that has been targeted both federally and by the state and it doesn't work for me right now." California voters in November approved Proposition 30, which raised state income tax to 13.3 percent on earnings of $1 million or more, a 29.13 percent increase over the previous "millionaires" tax of 10.3 percent. Mickelson will also be affected by the rise in the top bracket of the federal tax code where rates have gone up from 35 percent to 39.6. Asked whether he might leave California for a state such as Florida or Texas which does not charge state income tax, he replied: "I don't have a plan formulated yet on what I'm going to do. "And when I do come up with a plan, and (his wife) Amy and I have talked about it, and we've been working through this for a while, and I'll be able to talk more about it publicly then." (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Frank Pingue) Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: golf phil mickelson tax comments /news/05/25/18/wala-nang-banta-sa-buhay-napoles-inalis-sa-witness-protection-program/news/05/25/18/napoles-camp-regrets-doj-decision-to-end-witness-protection-coverage/overseas/05/25/18/filipina-from-isabela-tribe-graduates-summa-cum-laude-from-nyu/news/05/25/18/doj-orders-bi-to-answer-australian-nuns-plea-vs-visa-cancellation/news/05/25/18/alamin-ari-arian-ng-mag-asawang-naghiwalay-paano-ang-hatian


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I'm just getting around to reading Maureen Dowd's Sunday column. It's rich.
When pundettes tut-tut that playing the victim is not what a feminist should do, they forget that Hillary is not a feminist. If she were merely some clichéd version of a women's rights advocate, she never could have so effortlessly blown off Marian Wright Edelman and Lani Guinier when Bill first got in, or played the Fury with Bill's cupcakes during the campaign.Dowd has always paid attention to truth about the Clintons and feminism. I've really appreciated that.
She was always kind enough to let Bill hide behind her skirts when he got in trouble with women. Now she deserves to hide behind her own pantsuits when men cause her trouble....
There is nowhere she won't go, so long as it gets her where she wants to be.


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Google and Dell rise.
A higher unemployment rate in January, amidst a contraction of the GDP in the same week, did not bolster investor confidence this morning, bringing stocks lower.
The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% in January, adding 157,000 jobs. The measure of unemployment including both job seekers and part -time workers stayed the same at 14.4%.
In other economic news, consumer sentiment is up at 73.8 from 71.3 in mid-January, indicating that consumer confidence is moving back on trend. Consumer sentiment hit the low 80s in October and November.
The Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) inched up 0.99% to 13997.27 and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) rose to 1510.51, up 0.83%. The Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) also moved up to 3165.69, down 0.75%.
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares rose 1.66% to $767.88 after the company submitted proposals to regulators in an effort to end its investigation by the EU. Several companies, including Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), have complained to the European Union that Google is too dominant in its online search, violating antitrust rules.
HSBC Holdings' (NYSE:HBC) stock declined 0.16% to $56.77 after China approved HSBC's $7.4 billion stake in Ping An Insurance, a Thai company.
Merck's (NYSE:MRK) fourth-quarter net income fell and earnings per share of $0.83 barely beat analyst averages. Merck gave a downbeat profit forecast for 2013, estimating $3.60 to $3.70 in earnings this year. Its stock fell 2.47% to $42.17.
Anheuser-Busch's (NYSE:BUD) bid to buy Grupo Modelo (PINK:GPMCF) for $20 billion is being blocked by the US Department of Justice, which says the deal runs against global antitrust regulations. Its stock rallied, however, 2.81% to $91.09.
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Audience Inc. (NASDAQ:ADNC) made a profit in its fourth-quarter earnings as its mobile use increased. That's an improvement from a loss of $5.56 per share a year earlier. Shares rallied 22.43% to $14.96. Audience, which recently went public in May, produces technology to improve sound in phones and filter out unwanted noise.
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Will upgrading to snow lep allow more ram?
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I am hoping someone can clear this up for me.
I have an 07 macbook with 2.16ghz core 2 duo with 2gb ram.
Everything I've read says that 2gb ram is max, but some folks say you can get this model to use 3gb of ram, but it won't take four.
I have a quick question. If I upgrade to snow leopard, will I be able to use more ram? Or is this a factor of the hardware not being able to use it.
Also, I have also heard that running 1 2bg stick and one 1gb stick is actually slower than running 2 2gb sticks even though either way I will still only be able to use 3gb.
I do quite a bit of video editing that eats up nearly all my ram, so I need to upgrade either way. So should I get two 2gb stick and upgrade to snow leopard, or just one 2gb stick and keep my OS the same and use 3gb.
Thanks to all who can help.
Assuming you are using MacBook2,1 with the 2.16 C2D, Apple has 2GB listed as a max but it has been reported that it can handle 3GB. While an OS can limit the amount of RAM you can use, the 3GB limit here is hardware related. Leopard, for instance, was more than able to handle 4GB.
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up.
So if I can actually use 3gb of ram, and I currently have 2gb, is there any difference if I upgrade just one stick to 2gb, or upgrade them both to 2gb?
I have heard that if they are unmatched, it can actually hurt performance. Is there any truth to this?
Basically, out of these options, which will be the fastest set-up?:
a) 1GB +1GB
b) 2GB + 1GB
c) 2GB + 2GB
Cost isn't and issue because ram is cheeep, I just need to squeeze the most juice out of this thing that I can.
Thanks again.
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That would be setup C
You'll just have to make sure the speed matches, I believe your RAM operates at a 667 MHz or 800 MHz speed.
So, 2GB 667MHz + 2GB 667 MHz = 4GB 667 MHz (obviously)
But 2 GB 667 MHz + 2GB 800 MHz = still 4GB 667 MHz
So make sure that they are both the same speed or ugrade them both to 800 MHz.
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Heard it said by many (primarily on forums) that by using 2 x 2GB sticks the system would maintain dual channel mode. Have no clue if that is accurate or not and never found testing done by any of the reputable sites to know what kind of difference it would make.
The techie that I am, I did put 2x2 GB of CAS4 in my MBP. It will recognize that 4 GB are installed, but you'll only have actual use of 3 GB worth. Did not do any testing myself either. Bought it anyway, so it's staying in there.I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth.
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That helps tremendously, thank you my friends!
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Hey, let's go Christmas caroling with the Lakers! Sung to the tune of "White Christmas":
"I'm dreaming of a Dwight Christmas,
Just like the ones L.A. now knows,
Running off at the typewriter …
Hey, let's go Christmas caroling with the Lakers! Sung to the tune of "White Christmas":
"I'm dreaming of a Dwight Christmas,
Just like the ones L.A. now knows,
Where the players conspired,
To get the coach fired,
While hitting only 47 percent of his free throws!"
UCF coach George O'Leary on new USF coach Willie Taggart's contention that the Bulls aim to own recruiting along the I-4 corridor: "We're on the I-4 corridor, I hope he understands that. It's like I tell players, 'Show me, don't talk about it!' " Ah, let the rivalry begin! … Spokesperson for ancient Mayans: "What we meant to say was the Big East apocalypse will come on Dec. 21, 2012." … And did you see where they handed out the Golden Globe nominations earlier this week? Best horror movie went to the Orlando Magic for their hair-raising spine-chilling thriller: "Dwightmare on Church Street." … Mikey likes: Apopka over Cypress Bay by 9, Jags over Dolphins by 5 in Upset Special, Saints over Bucs by 8, Packers over Bears by 6, Giants over Falcons by 3, Steelers over Cowboys by 4, Broncos over Ravens by 6, Patriots over 49ers by 10, teen-age daughter convincing me to get her an iPhone 5 for Christmas by Tuesday. …
ESPN did what it needed to do in suspending African-American commentator Rob Parker for questioning whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is black enough. Parker, in one of the most idiotic comments in recent TV history, wondered whether RGIII "is a brother or a cornball brother?" And his reasoning for asking such an inane rhetorical question? Because RGIII "has a white fiancée and there was all this talk about he's a Republican." Parker later called his critics "uneducated and silly." Really? Then I guess he's calling Tony Dungy, who ripped him in a tweet, and his ESPN bosses uneducated and silly, too. Of course, there are those who wonder why Parker is still employed at all by ESPN, the network that fired Rush Limbaugh for much less offensive comments. … In honor of 12-12-12 earlier this week, I proclaim Joe Namath as the greatest No. 12 in sports history. Not because he was better than other No. 12s such as Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, etc., but because he had a more profound impact on sports (see NFL-AFL merger). There is more to greatness than statistics. …
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