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Lewis Holtby has described Gareth Bale as one of the best players he has ever played with after the Welshman's match-wining performance against Lyon last night.
Bale gave Spurs the upper hand in their Europa League clash with two sublime free-kicks, prompting Holtby to declare he was one of the three best players he has lined up alongside.
Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez believes John Terry is stuck in a vicious injury circle as the England defender continues to struggle with a knee complaint.
Terry was an unused sub in Chelsea's 1-0 Europa League win over Sparta Prague last night.
Ryan Giggs says Manchester United will not sit back and try and defend in the second leg of their Champions League tie against Real Madrid.
United hold a slender advantage over Madrid after securing a 1-1 draw in the first leg - but Giggs revealed they planned to 'pressure' Jose Mourinho's side at Old Trafford next month.
Former Manchester City defender Danny Mills believes manager Roberto Mancini could be sacked if his side are eliminated from the FA Cup by Leeds on Sunday.
City have already been knocked out of the Champions League and trail Manchester United by 12 points in the Premier League.
Staying with the FA Cup, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger rates Jack Wilshere as "50/50" for the Gunners clash against Blackburn.
The Frenchman also confirmed his plans to rest players ahead of their Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.
And finally Cesc Fabregas hopes Bojan Krkic will return to Barcelona one day in the future. The 22-year-old is currently on loan at AC Milan from Roma, but could return to the Camp Nou in the future because of a return clause written into his contract
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Feb 3, 2005, 02:29 #2anupam majumdarSitePoint Community Guest
Good one.But should contain more examples and detailed descriptions for the non-database people.
May 17, 2006, 21:55 #3Ashish MehtaSitePoint Community Guest
This is great for beginner, All normal forms are well explained with easy examples that will help a lot to freshers, But it needs to be more elaborated for experienced.
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Great article. Good overview of normalization to 4NF. However most would say that 3NF is the practical limit for most databases, is this true?
Aug 19, 2006, 17:33 #5Jon SherrillSitePoint Community Guest
No, although 4NF might be (there are more). I read of a beautiful summary of the first three levels of normalization:
Everything must depend on the primary key (1nf) the whole primary key (2nf) and nothing but the primary key (3nf).
The 4nf just makes the common-sense requirement that a table should only model one conceptual relationship, which if you're a programmer is fairly obvious anyway. Think of what your program wants to access, modify, and delete as a block, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what the columns should look like for a single table. A program isn't normally going to want a professor students and committees at the same time.
Nov 26, 2006, 16:48 #6GarySitePoint Community Guest
You jumped into the terminology '1nf, 2nf etc without saying what the heck they mean

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Nursing Will Be First Baccalaureate Degree in 2014
ROME, Ga. Dr. Randy Pierce, president of Georgia Highlands College, announced today at a news conference at James D. Maddox Heritage Hall, the colleges health sciences building, that the Board of Regents had just approved a mission change making it a state college. Officially, GHC becomes a limited mission four-year institution. That means it will still serve as a point of access to higher education for those who might not otherwise be able to attend college. GHC does not plan to require SAT scores as an admissions requirement, except in its academically competitive programs such as nursing and dental hygiene.
The most immediate change will be the addition of a bachelors degree in nursing. If they choose, students in the 2011-2012 class will be able to continue at Georgia Highlands and earn a Bachelor of Science in nursing by the spring of 2014. The nursing program at GHC has always been very competitive, said Pierce. Only one of every three qualified applicants is accepted into the program. That wont change. But the convenience of being able to complete a baccalaureate-level degree at an institution with our reputation for excellence is a real bonus both for students and our community.
Most nursing baccalaureates take four or five years. When students are accepted into the GHC program, they have already completed their core courses English, history, mathematics and others that are required for a four-year degree. They have also completed a number of prerequisites such as anatomy, chemistry and microbiology. So they essentially enter the program as sophomores. An additional three years at Georgia Highlands will allow them to complete their bachelors degree, adding only one more year than their associates degree requires.
Before going to the Board of Regents with the request for a mission change and a plan for a B.S.N., officials at the college conducted a feasibility study to determine the interest and need for such a program. The numbers were overwhelmingly favorable. In addition to student focus groups, interviews were held with business, educational and community leaders to gauge the need for four-year degrees in the GHC service areas. In terms of students, cost factors were repeatedly cited as barriers to education. While Floyd County has two private colleges, they have tuition rates of $17,500 and $25,890 respectively, making the $2,000 tuition rate at Georgia Highlands extremely attractive. (GHC wont be charging state college tuition rates for the first year or two.)
GHC also met with business, educational and community leaders to gauge the need for four-year degrees. These meetings focused on workforce needs. The Workforce Information and Analysis Division of the Georgia Department of labor identified nursing, education and business as the fastest growing occupational categories over the next decade, and community leaders agreed. Additionally, Georgia and the rest of the nation are facing a severe shortage of nurses. Georgia is the ninth most populated state in the United States, and is growing at more than the national average. As Baby Boomers age, they leave the workforce, leaving it even more vulnerable at a time when they also need greater health care services. By 2020, the USG expects the demand for nurses in the state to rise above 80,000; yet the expected nursing workforce supply will only be around 38,000. Thus, GHC chose nursing to become its first baccalaureate program.
In the future, early childhood education, middle-grades math and science education, business and criminal justice may also become four-year programs.


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It may take some time, especially if there is not an index available, but the local Genealogical Society publications contain a wealth of information - some of which may cause you to do a happy dance.
During our recent visit to the Allen County Public Library, we spent some time reading the regional genealogical publications in search of the tidbits that will help fill in some family puzzles. One collection was the Wilkes Genealogical Society Bulletin (Wilkes Co. NC). The society was established in 1967, and the twenty-eight page WGS Bulletin is published four times per year.
One of the publications contained the
It was in this index that I found:
From there I was able to pull the volume it referred to and view the actual land record of our ancestor, John Underwood, which is shown in the previous post.
The Wilkes Genealogical Society has indexes to its Bulletins available online at:
The local society publications contain gems of information that you may not easily find elsewhere and are definately worth the time to peruse. But a word of warning: like historical newspapers, they can be addicting to read.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Adobe Systems ADBE, -0.65% on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $222.33 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with a profit of $173.72 million, or 35 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue was $1.153 billion, up slightly from $1.152 billion. Adjusted profit was 61 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting a profit of 56 cents a share, on revenue of $1.1 billion. Shares of Adobe were up 1.8% in after-hours trading.
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Dining's meal plans aren't just for students living on campus. We also offer plans for off-campus and commuting students who want convenient meals, snacks, and beverages. Block 25, 50, 75, and 100 plans can be purchased at any time and can be used throughout the academic year. If you run out, you can purchase another block at any time. (Purchasing discounted Dining Cash, discussed below, is another option if you find yourself running out of meals.) The Any 5 Meal Plan is a one-semester plan that you purchase on a semester basis.
Meal Block 25
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Meal Block 50
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Meal Block 75
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Meal Block 100
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Dining Plus is a debit-style account of funds you may use at any time without restriction on amount spent, frequency of purchases, or time of day. The Dining Plus provided with these plans expires at the end of the academic year. Dining Cash, discussed below, does not expire until you leave the university.
In these plans, you choose what combination of meals you want to eat. Each breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal has an assigned dollar amount called a meal equivalency, and at each meal you may buy items that together total less than or equal to these amounts. If you go over the amount allotted, you may use Dining Plus or another form of payment to pay the difference. Any unused dollar value at a meal is lost; it does not roll over to the next meal period. The following times are set for each meal time period.
Meal equivalencies for 2018-19 academic year:
You can purchase Dining Cash funds to add to your plan at a 10% discount.
The weekly meal plans begin with the breakfast meal period on Sunday and end with dinner on the following Saturday. Plans are not valid during university vacation periods.
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In the second varsity contest ever played on Gordon Field, 60 years ago, the Judges defeated the Greyhounds. Two familiar names were on the sideline for the visitors. Teece's grandfather, Dave, was a guard for American International (a/k/a AIC), while Nick Rodis, who would go on to be Brandeis's athletic director from 1967 to 1984, was on the coaching staff.
Fast forward to the fall of 1976. The Brandeis men's soccer team was on a historic run to the University's first NCAA Division III championship, under the guidance of head coach Mike Coven – AIC Class of 1969. One of the players Coven was trying to attract to join the team was a three-sport star from Hampshire Regional High School – Dave Teece's son, Mark. On a visit to Brandeis, while the Teece's were sitting in coach Coven's office, Rodis walked by. Dave recognized his old freshman coach, who called Mark's father "the toughest 5-7, 160-pounder ever to play guard in college."
"My father told me that Nick mentored him through his early years at AIC," Mark recalled. "He had great respect for Nick." That respect – and the revelation that Dave Teece and Coven enrolled in the same fraternity – helped land the younger Teece at Brandeis.
A forward, Mark played for four years under Coven at Brandeis. Though two of those seasons were cut short due to injuries, Teece still enjoyed his Brandeis years to their fullest. "My experience at Brandeis introduced me to the people I still consider my best friends," Mark said.
Fast forward again, this time to the summer of 2005. Mark Teece, now living Arizona, has a son, Luke, a standout high school and club soccer player. Coven had remained close to Mark. He invited Luke's team to a tournament in the Boston area and gave them practice time on Brandeis's campus. Coven continued to follow Luke's career and eventually convinced him to join the Judges over other Boston-area schools, knowing that Luke would have an opportunity to play at Brandeis that might not be available at a bigger school.
"My dad had told me stories about Coven," Luke said. "But he was careful not to push me. It was entirely my decision to come to Brandeis, and it's definitely been the right one."
Luke has been a key part of the Judges' rotation at forward over his four-year career, spending time in and out of the starting lineup. In 2010, he earned All-University Athletic Association honors, scoring a career-best nine goals and two assists for 20 points in just 15 games. Luke missed the final two UAA contests and three ECAC postseason games due to a concussion. Despite having just two assists in 11 games off the bench this season, he is having his most rewarding season as the Judges are 11-5-1 and are ranked fifth in New England by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
"I feel as though we have gone from a collection of individuals [in his rookie year] to more of a team," Luke explained. "There's a lot of cohesion between the guys, on and off the field."
This Saturday, the Brandeis soccer teams wrap up their regular seasons against their University Athletic Association rivals from New York University for Senior Day. The Brandeis men (11-5-1, 2-3-1 UAA) take on the Violets (7-8-1, 2-4 UAA) at 12 p.m., while the Brandeis women (6-10-2, 0-5-1 UAA) follow them against the Violets (11-6, 2-4 UAA) at 2:30 p.m. If you can't make it to Gordon Field for the games, they will be available on LiveStats at http://livestats.prestosports.com/brandeisjudges, and on 100.1-FM, WBRS, which can be heard on-line at http://www.wbrs.org.
The Brandeis men enter Saturday's game ranked fifth in New England by the NSCAA and eighth in the NCAA Regional poll, which is the basis for NCAA tournament selection. The Judges are coming off a 1-1 weekend at Emory and Carnegie Mellon. Despite outshooting the Eagles, 22-10, Brandeis dropped a 1-0 decision in Atlanta on Oct. 28. They rallied two days later against CMU, as senior Theo Terris scored in the 75th minute to help force overtime, while junior Lee Russo's free kick with just under four minutes left in the second overtime turned into a game-winning own-goal in a 2-1 victory. The Judges will be looking to avenge a 1-0 loss to NYU last season in New York, when the Violets scored in the 79th minute en route to the UAA crown. The Judges have already clinched their most regular season wins since 2002, while another victory would give them their best regular season since 2000.
The Brandeis women will look to close the 2011 season on a positive note. They won their last home contest, a 2-1 victory over Endicott College on Oct. 23, thanks to a goal in the first half by sophomore Hillary Andrews and the game-winner early in the second by senior Mimi Theodore. Unfortunately, the Judges have not scored since, playing 110 scoreless minutes against Lesley University the day after their win over Endicott, and dropping back-to-back UAA road games at Emory, 3-0, and Carnegie Mellon, 1-0. Against Emory, the Eagles scored early in the game, 35 seconds in, and added two more in the second half. They went on to clinch the conference title two days later with a 3-2 overtime win over NYU. Against CMU, the Judges survived a significant shot differential in the first half, but surrendered the game's only goal in the 60th minute.


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Tyler Borchers
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Jerry Miller
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Jan 26, 2014
By Angela Brock
Ohio University students and faculty engage in active learning and teaching within the University's classrooms every day, but it is collaboration that occurred outside of the classroom that landed an OHIO undergraduate and an associate professor in a recent issue of American Behavioral Scientist.
Tyler Borchers, a senior in OHIO's Honors Tutorial College who is studying communication, and Jerry Miller, an associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, co-authored "Bain and Political Capital in the 2012 GOP Primary Debates." The article was published in the peer-reviewed journal American Behavioral Scientist in October in a special issue dedicated to the 2012 political campaigns.
The article explores the dynamics of political debates within primary contests in which there are shared common values by examining how Republican presidential candidates in the 2012 primaries critiqued Mitt Romney's role at Bain Capital. It also studies how those critiques, as well as Romney's response to them, contribute to contemporary conservatism.
The article began as a research project Borchers was assigned. Miller and Borchers knew each other from a tutorial on political communication that Miller taught during Borchers' first year at Ohio University. According to Borchers, Miller provided him with invaluable guidance throughout the writing process.
Borchers presented an early draft, written with Miller's guidance, at the Central States Communication Association President's Undergraduate Honors Research Conference in Kansas City. The feedback received there led to more precise collaboration to refine the article, which they then submitted to American Behavioral Scientist.
"It was an incredibly rewarding experience, and I'm grateful to the folks at American Behavioral Scientist for publishing our work," said Borchers. "Few undergraduate students have the privilege of working so closely with a professor, and I'm thankful to Dr. Miller and the Honors Tutorial College for giving me that opportunity."
"It is important to have works selected for publication," said Miller. "It is even more enjoyable when it is the result of a collaborative effort."
American Behavioral Scientist is published 14 times a year and is a valuable source of information for scholars, researchers, professionals and students. Each issue offers its readers comprehensive analysis of a single topic, providing in-depth perspectives on contemporary topics in social and behavioral sciences.
"The American Behavioral Scientist is a terrific journal, and it is a testament to Tyler's abilities and Dr. Miller's mentorship that this article was published," said Michael Butterworth, director of and associate professor in OHIO's School of Communication Studies. "We are very proud to have both of them as part of the School of Communication Studies."


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FlexiCV is a responsive Wordpress vCard that is ideal for an optimized presentation & illustration of your skills & competencies regardless from your type of profession (artist, banker, model…)
The skills can be structured into 3 levels (skills, sub-skills and keywords) or with tags, including different possible content structure.
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AC Milan have moved ahead of Tottenham and Chelsea in the race to sign Udinese defender Mehdi Benatia after re-starting negotiations over a summer move, according to talkSPORT.
The Italian giants had been among the favourites to land the Moroccan international in January, but dropped out once big-spending Azhi Makhachkala registered their interest.
That eventually came to nothing though, and AC Milan have re-entered the picture, opening talks with Udinese regarding a summer switch for the centre-back.
Chelsea, Tottenham and even Manchester United have been credited with an interest in Benatia, who's impressed at the heart of the Udinese defence in Serie 'A' this season.
Since making the move to Italy from France three years ago, Benatia has established himself as one of the league's most consistent defenders.
The 25-year-old centre-back had been linked with Manchester United as a potential long-term alternative to Rio Ferdinand, while Spurs and Chelsea were thought to be keeping tabs on the Moroccan with a view to a move further down the line.
The report claims his performances in Serie 'A' had left Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham scouts impressed, but AC Milan are reportedly leading the chase to land the defender.
However, no Premier League club has so far followed up their interest with a bid.
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There will be a Parking Ban in the Town of Granby from 7am on Friday, February 8, 2013 until further notice. This means that there is no on street parking allowed.
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What is the single best time management tool out there, probably one you are under-using? That's right: Clarity.
Clarity allows you to know exactly what you want so you can "move the needle forward" everyday. Clarity makes your thoughts focused on a specific outcome that you have articulated in great detail. To the extent you have a clear picture of what you want, you can give clear directions to other people – that way tasks get done right the first time, and don't have to be done over again.
Clarity helps you to be concise so meetings take shorter time and people know what you want from them. Clarity allows you to put 100 percent of your energy into moving forward instead of constantly questioning and having your attention wander.
Clarity enables you to know the three most important things to get done during the day, rather than have a to do list of 10 things but you don't know where to begin (and therefore you feeling guilty about what they haven't done).
Clarity helps you to know when to say "yes" and when to say "no" If you are requested to put your efforts into something else, you can keep their focus without feeling badly (to help you say "no" effectively, read the Power of a Positive No by William Ury). When others pile on you to do more, you can persuasively state what your time is going towards and push back effectively.
Clarity comes from having thought through exactly what your business model is, to the point you could defend your choice of ideal clients, your revenue model, your marketing plan, etc. in front of knowledgeable questioners.
Here's a big one that comes from not having clarity: Many people feel deep inside that they are not "enough." In the absence of a clear written description of exactly you mean by what it would take for you to be "enough," no matter how successful you are you may assess yourself as falling short of an abstract ideal. You will not have a clear set of target goals that when you reach you can finally tell yourself "I'm enough."
Do you have clarity?
If you are not clear on where to get started, here is a quick strategy you can do: Write down the big picture result you really want. Even if you have a few, start by picking the one goal that if you achieve that it that will help the most towards getting all the other things you want. Then write down all the obstacles to getting there. Turn those obstacles into new objectives to accomplish, and then list out all of these objectives. Establish an order for which objective needs to come first and then second, etc. You can do this by writing down each objective on a post-it note and then laying them out around you. Arrange them in the order in which they need to happen, so that you create a hierarchy of objectives.


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2013 Softball
Bluffton splits with Franklin Grizzlies
Beavers pull out game one win with 10-run sixth inning
April 13, 2013
By: Keisha Holtsberry, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University softball team spilt the series with Franklin College on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Beavers are now 16-14 overall and 8-4 in the HCAC, while Franklin is 12-22 overall and 6-6 in the HCAC following its first victory over Bluffton since 2005.
The Beavers were not ready for the Franklin offense in the first inning of game one, allowing the Grizzlies to score three runs. Bluffton managed just one run in the home half of the frame. Ashley Knippen (Wapakoneta) hit a double and came around to score thanks to two wild pitches. In the top of the second inning, Franklin added two more runs to make the score 5-1.
In the top of the fourth inning Franklin put up two more runs for a 7-1 advantage. Bluffton put one run on the board in the bottom of the fourth, when Brittany Baker (Springboro) crossed the plate after opening the bottom half with a leadoff walk.
The Beavers cut into Franklin's 8-2 lead with three tallies in the bottom of the fifth. Following a solo home run from Ariana Muffo (New Athens, Ill.), Natalie Nikitas (Jeffersonville, Ind.) came up to bat and hit a two-run bomb, pulling Bluffton within three at 8-5.
The sixth inning everything turned around for the Beavers despite trailing 10-5 after two more Franklin scores. The Beavers had six hits in the inning, coming in the form of a single, four doubles and a home run from Knippen. Helping the Beavers to their season-best 10-run inning were two walks, two wild pitches, a couple Franklin errors and a stolen base.
The Beavers were led by Knippen who went 4-of-5 at the plate, had five RBI and crossed the plate three times. Emily Kolesynski (Strongsville) got the win for the Beavers with help coming from Chloe Shell (Covington) who tossed five innings and had two strikeouts.
The second game for the Beavers started out better than the first with the home team putting five runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. The Beavers hit two singles and a double in the inning. They were also aided by two errors, a hit batter and a stolen base.
Neither team scored in the second inning but Franklin came out in the third inning and scored four times, cutting the Bluffton lead to just one. In the top of the fifth inning, the Grizzlies put two more runs on the board to take thier first lead of the game. The Beavers came back in the bottom of the inning and tied the game up when Jess Kuzara (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) doubled home Katie Clark (New Palestine, Ind.).
Franklin took the lead again in the top if the sixth inning after scoring three runs courtesy of two Bluffton miscues.
The Beavers came out in the bottom of the seventh and put up three runs on two singles and a home run by Katie Clark before Franklin could record an out. The three runs tied up the game, forcing extra innings when Bluffton was unable to break the tie.
In the eighth inning both team put one run across the plate, sending the game into the ninth frame. Franklin was able to add two runs after loading the bases with no outs. Unfortunately, the Beavers responded with just one score despite having runners at second and third with no outs.
The Beavers were led by Clark and Shelby Erford (Paulding) who went 3-of-4 and 4-of-6, respectively. Shell took the loss after tossing the final four innings. Kayla Owens started the game for the Beavers and had seven strikeouts and only one walk in five innings of action
Bluffton must get back to work as the Beavers host HCAC-leading Manchester University on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The first game on Strike Out Cancer Day is slated for 3:30 PM.


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Most brands work in the same way, only focusing on streamlining the bike with droplet shaped tubes. For us, this is only the beginning. Our engineers, in their constant strive to develop the fastest bike in the world, analyzed aerodynamics to the bone. Throughout years of in-depth wind tunnel testing, they discovered 3 major issues that cause drag and restrain the speed a bike can obtain. They found a solution for each one of them. The result: the FAST-concept. A tripod concept containing 3 groundbreaking technologies.
F-Splitfork™: jet foils which draw air away from the spokes, and counteract on turbulence generated by the wheels. Result: speed!
F-Brake™: the first real integrated brake! The first brake that makes you faster.
F-Surface™: a textured surface applied to strategic locations on the frame, letting air travel smoothly around the frame instead of detaching and creating drag
Most turbulence created by the bike is caused by the wheels (and spokes). At the top of the wheels the spokes are moving forward while colliding with the frontal wind. This causes a major turbulence, creating drag and slowing down the bike. With our splitfork we guide the incoming frontal air away from the spokes and create in this manner an airstream, away from the wheels. In this way, we reduce the interaction of the airstream with the spokes which results in reduced turbulence and drag.
We started our windtunnel test with standing wheels. Then we saw that the best competitor fork had less drag than our F-Splitfork™. Obviously such a test is Non-Significant, because when you ride a bike the wheels are always turning. So we performed a second test with the wheels turning:
Final conclusion:
Drag is increasingly lower on the F-Splitfork™ as wheel speed is increased. The F-Splitfork™ has 7.44 % less drag then the competitor fork used in this test. The data shows the Ridley F-Splitfork™ out-performed the competitor's forks.
Setting a new industry standard by creating a groundbreaking innovation : the first real integrated brake !
There is off course no doubt about the necessity of a brake on a bike! But this brake, like other bike components, creates turbulence and causes drag, restraining the speed a bike can obtain. That's why it has been one of the main goals of bike manufacturers to integrate the brakes as much as possible.
Until now, many efforts have been made, yet no one was able to truly integrate the brake into frame and fork. Following years of in-depth testing, we therefore started developing our own brakes and integrated these into the frame and fork itself.
The result: the ?rst real integrated brake. This innovative setup results in less drag and cleaner lines: a faster, sleeker and better solution.
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The First brake in the world which makes you faster!
If you see the picture of this unique brake system there/'s no need to tell the aerodynamic advantage of this brake. Normal brakes, which are obvious undesirable obstacles in the airstream, create turbulence while the position and shape of our speed brakes reduces the air resistance to a very minimum. Moreover, creating the brakes like this, we are able to lengthen the F-Splitfork™ from dropout to fork crown, giving the bike even more of an advantage.
The frontal wind has to "pass around" the tubes of the bike, and has to change its direction to follow the profile of the bike. To make it easier for the airstream to follow the profile of the bike and stay close to the bike, the tubes are designed in a droplet shape.
However, even then it's not possible to keep the airstream in touch with the frame at every location. At sudden locations the airstream releases the frame, creating a wake on these locations which increases the drag. Therefore we did extensive wind tunnel testing and used oil mapping technology to locate the places where the wind releases the frame. To avoid the airstream releasing from the frame on these locations, we apply a structure surface on well defined locations in order keep to the wind close to the frame. Which in its turn, reduces drag. Once again optimizing the speed a bike can obtain...


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That ought to scare 'em.
Wouldn't you be scared if a woman who answers phone calls at 3am while dodging sniper fire turned her attention towards you?
How is Hillary like a tampon? They're both stuck up cunts.
It put the fear of God into the Pakistanis [theonion.com].
...asking the Chinese government to explain itself
Why is the government wasting time with this? Everybody knows what the answer is going to be, the Chinese government is going to deny everything and change nothing. Unless Secretary Clinton is willing to back up those words with some sort of action, they are just a waste of breath.
The same reason I heard from my manager at one of the investment banks that went tits up. The same reason we spend billions on security theater.
"Perception is reality."
While on the face of it this is a crass and ridiculous statement, the fact remains that it makes some kind of warped, diabolical sense once you are under a certain level of scrutiny. It becomes more important to look like you're making a difference, than to actually make one. If you are perceived to be adding value and working hard, you can be slacking off all day and still get promoted at the end of the day.
Honestly, it seems to me more like a publicity stunt than anything. Keep the other party from getting more ammo, while making the uninformed feel good and warm and fuzzy inside.
It isn't diabolical in the least. Averting panic is half the battle.
It is also the first step in the diplomatic process that can lead to condemnations from the UN, sanctions, or even war.
Would the UN condemn one of the five countries in its own Security Council?
They are NOT doing a bad job of it, and they are much more skilled then "script kiddies".
When organizations like Google and people like Richard Bejtlich (who has literally written the book [amazon.com] on network monitoring and incident detection) admit to being p0wn3d and unable to be sure the mess is cleaned up [blogspot.com], you know you're up against a very sophisticated attacker.
Because by publicly asking the government to respond, they are making them look like a pack of inept idiots.
Most Americans don't have any idea just how much this means*. Face is everything in Chinese (most Asian) cultures, China was caught with it's hand in the biscuit jar doing something it shouldn't have been and now the US govt is publically pointing this out. This is causing a loss of face for the Chinese politicians. This one is not easy to explain to people without first hand experience with the con
Why are you wasting time criticizing her? It's not like her words can make the situation worse. She's not going to listen to you.
Oh snap.
So far Obama has not shown much interest in rocking the boat
Obama, by putting Hillary in this position, has marginalized her. He essentially controls what she can and cannot do, and what she can and cannot say. Do you really think that she put this statement out without approval from the President?
On a side note: I don't like Obama or Hillary, but I would rather have Hillary in office because she, at least, has significant political expertise and knows how to make the country feel good. She wouldn't wait 3
Yes, because the President should help terrorize the populous by over-reacting to a stupid Nigerian with explosive underpants.
And I don't think anyone 'controls' Hillary Clinton. She's a fierce lady.
Why is the government wasting time with this? Everybody knows what the answer is going to be, the Chinese government is going to deny everything and change nothing.
That's more or less exactly what happened when the USA got caught using the Echelon system for the exact same purposes as the Chinese are now mounting these attacks. Why is it such a shock that everybody else is repaying the US in kind? Industrial espionage has been going on for millennia, hell, it's almost a tradition. US corporate weasels should just do what the EU corporate weasels did (well some of them... there are always enough people that will never learn) after the Echelon scandals: Stop whining and
That's more or less exactly what happened when the USA got caught using the Echelon system for the exact same purposes as the Chinese are now mounting these attacks.
So the US was hacking into human rights workers' information in order to find and imprison its own citizens that were speaking up against them? Right.
yeah, that's _alleged_, except for the case where the NSA outed the fact that France's Airbus was bribing people to secure contracts in violation of their own country's laws and international agreement, sorry about making that public. That must have been embarrassing.
Repayment in kind implies that China is doing this because we did it to them, but it hasn't been demonstrated anywhere here that China has that much in the way of intellectual property that we've been stealing over the years. To the contrary it
Are you serious? It's politics. It's an official statement by the US Secretary of State claiming the US govt has received evidence from Google and demands an explanation. The Chinese government is VERY conscious about world perception, and their own embarrassment or humiliation, etc. Calling them out like this will force them to respond, and they have learned from several previous International fiascos (SARS, lead, tainted milk, etc) that lying and denying everything when the proof is already out usually just causes lot more harm than good. You are right that they probably will have to deny it (lead paint is one thing, govt sponsored international industrial espionage is another) - but they are going to lose a lot of international credibility in the process.
This kind of potential leverage in international politics and diplomacy doesn't come along very often, so I hope the US govt keeps up the statements like this to keep the Chinese govt on the defensive!
I think everyone has realized that by now.
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Do not underestimate the power of the Google.
As a tech community, we are always reading articles about Google, computer security, etc. It's surprising to see one of our hot button topics being picked up by the mainstream and becoming an international diplomatic flap. I'm stunned that Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, has waded into the discussion.
You wouldn't be if you knew her Slashdot ID is four digits.
They may lose china, but in the eyes of many, "not being evil" is worth more.
Go Google, make me proud!
Google is not getting out because they think operating in China was evil, they are getting out because they think operating in China carries excess financial risks.
Hardly. If any company is competent enough to protect itself from technology-based industrial espionage, it's Google, and whatever financial risks there are don't outweigh the value of the entire Chinese market.
When they entered China and agreed to censor searches, they said it was in a hope that it would move things in the right direction in China etc. What it seems, that no one expected, was that they actually meant it.
I've been reading all the 'realpolitik' explanations of Google's behavior, and I think that Google is still fundamentally different from almost any other publicly traded company. I don't think your explanations in terms of shareholder value represent an accurate picture of the internal motivations of Google.
I think you are more comfortable in a world where such explanations are valid. Companies always operating in their own short term best self interest has been a bedrock of both economic and political thought for at least 20 years, and more likely 90 years. It's scary that a company could become large, powerful and successful without following that formula. And it's scary that there's a large, powerful and successful company that doesn't follow it. It throws off all the rules.
It reminds me of people who insist on looking for marketing messages in Google doodles. In truth, they happen because there are silly and playful people who work for Google, and their doodles are fun. And that's it. There is no other reason.
When I read about Google's original motivations for being in China, I took them at face value. Yes, I'm sure the attraction of a big, emerging market played a factor. But I accepted that their decision was fundamentally based on moral values, not financial ones. I, personally, didn't agree with their decision, but I accepted that it was made from examining values other than simply profit.
And while I think they are upset over being hacked and are angry over the loss of their data, I really do think that the fact that the hackers seemed to be explicitly interested in the accounts of Chinese human rights activists was the biggest factor in their decision to stop censoring.
If Google seriously felt that China was too much of a threat to be profitable they would just pull out instead of simply removing censorship. Removing censorship is a decision based on morals, not economics.
A lot of people go "They won't do it, China is 1/5th (or 1/6th) of the worlds population!"
Google can have the other 4/5ths (or 5/6ths). No Internet company started in China will grow outside of China the way they are set up.
Let them stew in their "secure" system they put in place. Put your efforts elsewhere. When you gain the rest of the world - then China will obey Google, not the other way around.
> Another part of it was that Google has a concept of how they run their business. That concept has been successful.
Agree. Google is notoriously ruthless in what they choose to do or not do. They identify areas where they can run absolutely automated IT solutions and do not even try to compete in areas that require heavy investment outside of that. They basically avoid anything that stops their fully automatic money-printing machine from running unattended. I think somewhere at the base of this is
Can't believe people still fall for the naive "Don't be evil" motto these days.
Google is a corporation, doing evil or not doing it may apply for people, but corporations are entities that operate way above those simple "good/right" and "bad/wrong" terms. They don't have sentiments, morale or regrets. They follow the economy rules without asking themselves whether something it's right or wrong. And following those rules can make them do horrible things which they'll do without hesitation if there's a buck to
Can't believe people still fall for the naive "Don't be evil" motto these days.
It may shock you, but corporations are made of people, and sometimes, the people that make them up are moved to do ethical things. That Google's actions are newsworthy is a reflection on us, not just an abstraction of the corporation.
The morality of the market Is easily reflected in Google's stock price. I think this is why Google is still privately controlled instead of at the whim of the shareholders, or as I like to call them, the greedy ancient Court of Douchebags.
Google Inc. (GOOG, $580.93, -$9.55, -1.62%) said it may leave China after an investigation found the company had been hit with major cyber attacks it believes originated from the country--a move that would amount to one of the highest-profile rebukes yet of China by a major U.S. firm. The talk tossed China's Internet economy into turmoil, and sent Chinese search company Baidu ($431.67, +$45.18, +11.69%) soaring. Deutsche Bank upgraded the company to buy from hold saying Google threat is likely a plus for Baidu no matter how it shakes out. Other Chinese Internet firms also rose, including Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU, $58.98, +$0.85, +1.46%) and Sina Corp. (SINA, $44.87, +$0.30, +0.67%).
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They walk on egg shells because China is the largest nuclear threat since the USSR was around and from a measure of hostility communism has killed more then 100 million people since it's incept. Between Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Castro, and countless others they are giving religion a run for it's money for "killing in the name of"
Keeping the dragon fat and sleepy so it doesn't wake up sounds more a likely scenario...
They walk on egg shells because China is the largest nuclear threat since the USSR
China has been a nuclear threat for several decades, and nobody has cared to do business with them until now. Though they're making noise, NOBODY in their right mind believes they are going to take an aggressive military stance against any other countries... LEAST of all the USA.
Yes, China is the most well nuclear-armed country behind Russia, but we're talking about a HUGE drop-off there... Ditto for their non-nuclear milit
Ya I'm not sure why people think that China having nuclear weapons means they are a massive threat. To use them for no good reason, they'd have to be crazy. I mean that fairly literally. Yes, China has a few ICBMs. They could cause a large amount of damage and death in some major US cities, assuming they didn't get shot down (just because the US doesn't have dedicated ABM technology, doesn't mean they wouldn't have all their things like Aegis cruisers try to shoot down the missiles). However, the US has eno
That's because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants by providing data on Google users, said a source familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press.
See why leaving back doors open for law enforcement and other Government organizations actually decreases our security?
See why "if you do nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about" is complete utter non-sense?
By making the government's job easier, they've opened up the door to malicious attacks by foreign governments.
The FBI (the whole Executive branch for that matter) and Congress should be ashamed of themselves for their stupidity in ordering such back doors.
The only fear I have for my security is the idiocy of the US Government in "protecting" me.
That's because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants by providing data on Google users, said a source familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press. "Right before Christmas, it was, 'Holy s***, this malware is accessing the internal intercept [systems],'" he said.
What I find interesting is that Google apparently hacked them back:
Google's security team eventually managed to gain access to a server that was used to control the hacked systems
Personally, I'd be interested in knowing what the Google team did to turn the tables, even if it's a few months or years down the line after this incident is over.
China is not a powerhouse.
It is growing rapidly but it is a nightmare police state joke.
When the demographic collapse hits all the "miracle" dreams about China will fade.
Their population is ageing rapidly, they have an imbalance of women to men and they have huge internal problems.
Indeed it's true. I see many people talk of fearing China, but the reality is it simply doesn't have the military equipment to fight far from it's shores, it doesn't have the stability to guarantee that if it does send it's soldiers outside it's borders that it wont lose territory to dissidents inside it's borders. Contrary to popular belief it doesn't have that much support from Russia, partly because it's still locked in border disputes with them, the same goes for it's other neighbours in almost every direction who would love the opportunity of China spreading itself to far to claim territory they believe is their own.
Economically it could certainly be a problem, but in terms of us losing it's manufacturing facility the likes of India which is of a similar population would gladly pick up the slack, and in the current weakened economic situation in fact, most countries would be willing to take on a big manufacturing boost.
That's not to say they couldn't be a problem at all of course, if they backed up North Korea by having North Korea threaten further to launch nukes whilst providing them military support to try and wave of the US and such from attacking it in response to such threats it'd be a big deal. Similarly any war with them would still be a hell of a headache, but the point to take away is this, no matter what China does, even if in the worst case they decide to pursue a military route, whilst they'd cause a lot of harm and damage, they'd have absolutely no chance of winning. Even their nuclear stockpile is relatively small, particularly when you take into account modern American ICBM defences.
In a way though it's a real shame, because China has so many smart people, it has such potential to be a thriving peaceful modern nation. It's perhaps ironic that the lust for power and control at the top of China is exactly what stops China from becoming a more powerful player on the international stage. It has a big population, but it can't unilaterally take on the world despite seeming to believe otherwise.
Basically, any nation that starts a nuclear war against either the USA or Russia, without being able to win a decisive victory, loses everything. If they manage to destroy say, 30, 40, or even 50% of either superpower's population and assets, they just provide the justification for an absolutely overwhelming retaliatory strike.
Remember US history for the 1940's. The US declares war on Japan, with an immediate demand for unconditional surrender, and publicly announces that this is the only thing they will accept. The War declaration in Congress makes this a binding matter on the executive branch, that the US will not accept a conditional surrender except by direct order of the President.
The following are a few of the publicly expressed remarks of the time, generally approved by the majority of Americans listening:
"By the time we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell."
"I hate Japs! I'm telling you men, that if I met a pregnant Japanese woman, I'd kick her in the belly!"
Both by Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
You'll note that Halsey is quite clearly talking Genocide as an acceptable response. He got promoted after that.
During the 70's the Soviet Union conducted top level strategic simulations exercises (sit around a table style war games scenarios) with its general staff. One of the noted outcomes of those was that, whenever scenario casualties exceeded the roughly 20 million from WW2, someone on the staff spotted and mentioned that fact, and commanding generals and admirals almost invariably swiftly urged the politbureau to immediately allow retrofitting of cobalt jackets on nuclear devices and permission to deploy them specifically against civilian population centers, or the release of weaponized smallpox or anthrax to the front lines for field artillary use, or other such acts. The Soviet Union's analysis was that, in a real war, once casualties reached about 20 million, there was a better than 50-50 chance command would stage a coup if civilian authorities didn't approve all the most extreme measures in the Soviet arsenal, and an even higher likelihood they would give orders to totally exterminate the enemy population bases with them if they got the means to do so. Whether they would have been so determined to take it into runaway mode in a real war is, of course, speculative, but there's certainly at least some chance.
This is going to go down as the biggest piece of corporate "do-gooding" since Henry Ford did the $5 day. I can't even begin to calculate how much Google went up in my mind for doing this. They may have lost a bunch of potential customers, but for what its worth, they've just got me for life.
Whatever their motives, Google did the right thing, and in a big way. I didn't see Microsoft stepping up to the plate like that, Apple didn't step up to the plate like that, and I'll remember that when I choose platforms.
As others have mentioned, Google didn't do this because it's the good thing to do. They did this because it makes good business sense. If it had been financially advantageous to remain in China and even court their government more closely Google would have done that instead.
I'm really tired of people casting corporations in such simple-minded light. Corporations exist to make money, and usually do so within the boundaries of the law. The people running these companies certainly may hold a particular set of morals, but ultimately they have to make decisions based on what's best for the company.
I think the important thing here is that China isn't nearly as important as Americans seem to believe, especially in the business world. Business idiots, in particular, seem to have a hard-on for China, despite the fact that they get burned time and time again. It's true that China has a massive population, but how many of those actually have disposable income? And of those who do have money to spend, how many of those have the money or inclination to spend on foreign goods as opposed to what's made by Chinese companies?
The advantage China enjoys over many other developing nations is that they're far further along in their economic development and are approaching a developed nation status. And that's assuming their economic growth isn't over-inflated as many are beginning to suspect. Certainly the Chinese are very nationalistic and ambitious, but that's really only advantageous for themselves and not the rest of the world. There are many other nations around the world seeing significant growth which have the chance to become very strong competitors for China, there's India, much of southeast Asia, South America, especially Brazil.
When it comes down to it, China needs the rest of the world far more than the rest of the world needs China. Five or ten years ago I suspect Google's management would have decided staying in China was worth the risk. Today, that's obviously not the case.
And there's something else to consider, some companies are more entrenched than others and some have more to lose in China. it's probably a lot easier to successfully knock off Google's products than it is Apple's or Microsoft's. There are dozens, of search engines, hundreds if not thousands of web apps and countless social networking sites. And there's a lot less loyalty to any particular tool than you find in the West. Something new comes along and as long as it's halfway decent people start using it. As quickly as companies fail there are many more right behind ready to take their place. All this is, without question, hurting Google's chances in China. There's no reason for Chinese to use Google, but there is certainly a lot of incentive for Chinese companies to steal what they can. And the Chinese government sure as hell isn't going to enforce foreign copyrights.
No, not really.
I can't think why anyone would think that making such an international drama and giving up $600m in annual profit would be worth doing just to distract attention from the fact a handful of people are whining about getting the phone to use 3G instead of 2G in some areas on the Nexus One.
What next? Microsoft purchases a nuclear missile and launches it at Russia to distract everyone from the fact no one is buying the Zune?
No, not really.
I can't think why anyone would think that making such an international drama and giving up $600m in annual profit would be worth doing just to distract attention from the fact a handful of people are whining about getting the phone to use 3G instead of 2G in some areas on the Nexus One.
What next? Microsoft purchases a nuclear missile and launches it at Russia to distract everyone from the fact no one is buying the Zune?
Don't give them IDEAS!
"The Chinese are all about assimilation of technology. "
Yes. And this is Slashdot, a website which is generally in favour of people assimilating, reverse engineering, decrypting, hacking, cracking, opening, jailbreaking, repurposing, learning, making, rebuilding, customising and sharing technology. We believe in the right to read, the right to copy, Stallman's Four Freedoms, that technology should be owned, not licenced, that DRM is evil because it blocks a user's ability to control their own technological destiny, that software patents stifle innovation, that copyright and region coding keeps media prices artificially high, that censorship is an intrinsic evil, that business models must perpetually innovate, that nobody owes buggy whip makers a living, etc.
We believe that We The People Have The Right to learn stuff, copy stuff, and share stuff, and that technology is only safe when the user is in the driving seat.
Oh... but suddenly all that is bad if CHINA does it? Eek! Scary Asian people stealing our freedom (to control them).
I say, let China assimilate all they want. The bigger problem here is US corporations who think they have the moral right and practical ability to *stop* other countries sharing technological information - and then foolishly built business models on that foundation of sand.
Sell stuff to China if you choose to. Don't sell stuff to China if you choose to. Just don't expect them to 'respect' your crazy ideas that information is property, which it isn't. I mean, this is Slashdot - we know that, right? We read Lawrence Lessig and Cory Doctorow, we put Creative Commons on our photos and GPL on our code, we know that information *should* be copied because that's its strength... right?
Don't try to 'sell' your secrets to China with one hand while trying to grab them back with the other, because that's like posting your drunk party photos on Facebook then saying 'but I didn't mean for the world to see me naked!'
Unless I'm actually in the business of trading with the Chinese, can anybody give me one good reason not to drop all traffic from their IPs right at the router?
I don't think I'd miss anything from there except spam. I bet many Fortune 500 companies wouldn't either, and if they had a business unit that needed to communicate with China, they could set up a special link for that. The rest of your network doesn't need access.
It's kind of a step backwards to have to think about national borders on the 'net; but if they're going to behave this way, that has a cost. We'll just go back to a "placing a call there requires some extra code and expense" mentality.
... they can do whatever the hell they want.
"Google's decision Tuesday to risk walking away from China (Um, the world's largest Internet market)..."
They're not REQUIRED to do business with anyone. Some customers are just too much of a pain in the ass to be worth it. Imagine you own a store and there's an item you buy for $5 and sell for $10. If someone comes in and offers you $9 for it, would you sell? Sure, why not, it's still pretty good. How about $8? $7? $6? $5.50? $5.25? $5.05? $5.01? At what point do you tell them "Piss off, you're wasting my time"? I personally would much rather deal with a thousand nice well-off customers than a million pain-in-the-ass cheapskates.* Seems to be working pretty well for Apple too.
So same thing here. If Google doesn't feel like dealing with China's BS, they don't have to. Let someone else try to make a buck off that headache.
* disclaimer: before anyone gets their panties in a knot, I'm not saying rich people are nice and poor people aren't. I'm talking about CHEAPNESS here--someone who has nothing better to do with their time than argue over every nickel versus someone who's content to pay a fair price. Cheapness** is why the US is so beholden to China right now. See also Schmatta. [blowbackproductions.com]
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By Dan Eggen, Thursday, September 27, 4:02 PM
George Soros, the liberal billionaire investor who has largely laid low during the 2012 elections, announced $1.5 million in pledged donations Thursday to a trio of super PACs backing President Obama and congressional Democrats, PAC officials said.
Soros, who became nationally prominent in 2004 when he spent more than $20 million on independent groups supporting Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), will give $1 million to Priorities USA Action which is supporting Obama and $500,000 to Majority PAC and House Majority PAC, which are running ads on behalf of Democratic candidates for Congress.
The move could signal a softening of resistance by Soros and other wealthy liberals to contributing to super PACs and other independent groups that can accept unlimited donations. Soros had previously given $1 million to the American Bridge opposition research group and smaller checks to other groups, but had suggested he was unlikely to get involved more directly.
Even with more than $2.5 million in total donations, however, Soross financial commitment pales in comparison with conservative donors such as casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who has said he will give up to $100 million to groups supporting Mitt Romney and other Republicans this year.
Other top Republican donors include Houston homebuilder Bob Perry ($16 million) and Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons ($15.75 million). The top Democratic giver on record so far is New York hedge fund manager Jim Simons, who has given a combined $4 million to the same super PACs to which Soros just agreed to contribute.
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That was the message from a session run by IUCN at the 17th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York on Friday, May 8.
The course, Evaluating the Role of Biofuels in Sustainable Rural Development, attracted more than 70 participants. It gave an overview of the role of biofuels in promoting energy access and development in rural areas of developing countries.
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THE speed at which investors can trade shares would be slowed dramatically under a plan to put the brakes on ultra-fast electronic sharemarket trading.
As governments around the world consider policies to rein in high-speed computerised trading, the group representing industry super funds has put forward a radical proposal that it says would make the sharemarket fairer and less volatile.
Under the plan, sharemarket rules would be overhauled so that trades effectively took place every few seconds, rather than every millisecond or microsecond, as occurs today.
The Industry Super Network, which has proposed the change in a submission to Treasury, argues such a move would curb volatility in the sharemarket and remove the unfair advantage given to investors using high-frequency trading platforms.
ISN's director of regulatory policy, Zak May, said the proposal was to pool investors' orders into a series of "call auctions" that would occur frequently throughout the day.
Call auctions - which match buyers and sellers in a similar way to automated eBay auctions - are already used by the Australian Securities Exchange at the opening and closing of the market.
The plan would mean that investors could no longer profit by buying and selling shares in a matter of microseconds - a practice that some small investors fear puts them at a disadvantage.
"The proposed call auction structure would ensure that investors could have confidence that they are transacting in a fair system and at a fair price that reflected all the available information at the time," Mr May said.
"In a call auction, the importance of excessive speed, and the advantages of high-frequency traders, is reduced."
The proposal comes as regulators and businesses around the world grapple with how best to regulate high-speed trading so that market stability and integrity are not compromised.
While some investors complain the practice has compromised the stability and fairness of sharemarkets, its proponents say it adds liquidity.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has formed a taskforce investigating high-speed trading, while in Germany the government is moving to place greater regulation on the practice.
Carole Comerton-Forde, from the University of Melbourne's finance department, said ISN's proposal would be a major change to how the market operated but it should not be automatically dismissed.
"Call auctions are a very effective way to discover prices in the market," Professor Comerton-Forde said. "But investors these days appear to have a preference for the ability to trade when they want, so the question is how frequently you should have the call auctions operating."
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Five former officials in Clay County have pleaded guilty to charges that alleged widespread vote fraud, bringing the case to a close.
Media reported that former Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle; former county Clerk Freddy W. Thompson; former school superintendent Douglas C. Adams, former election commissioner Charles Wayne Jones and former precinct worker William E. Stivers entered pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
Three others charged in the case previously pleaded guilty.
All eight were charged with being part of a racketeering conspiracy that used the county Board of Elections as a tool to buy or steal votes in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
The plea deals call for lesser sentences than if the men went to trial.


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Circle Mirror Transformation is the name of a theater game in which a sound and motion begun by one participant is mirrored by the whole group, then transformed by someone else into another movement, and so on around the circle. It's also the title of the play that opens New Century Theatre's summer season, and a clue to the show's arc.
The playwright, Annie Baker, grew up in Amherst in the 1980s and '90s. Her hometown experiences and the intricate exchanges that comprise what she has called "that strange little world" of small-town New England life are reflected in a trilogy of plays set in a fictional Vermont town that mirrors Amherst. These include the Obie-winning Circle Mirror Transformation, which draws on the acting classes Baker took as a teenager at the Bangs Community Center. She's been hailed as the fresh, smart face of "new naturalism," rooted in Chekhov and often compared to both Pinter, for her eloquent silences, and Mamet, for her super-realistic dialogue (the pauses and the ers and ums are all precisely calibrated in her scripts).
Circle Mirror begins with a fairly long silence, finally broken by hesitant counting, one person at a time: "One… two… three… ." It's part of another ensemble-building theater game, aimed at creating a kind of "group brain" that works together instead of colliding. In the course of the play's 30 short scenes, four first-time actors and their novice teacher circle, collide, reflect each other's strengths and fears, and are ultimately transformed.
The play is set entirely in the local community center's small dance studio, with a mirrored wall and a floor inlaid with a circular medallion of polished wood (kudos to designers Shawn Hill and Amy Putnam for the set's elegant simplicity). It unfolds during a six-week Creative Drama course led by the center's director, Marty (Sara Whitcomb). Most of the students have enrolled for non-theatrical reasons: 50ish Schultz (Frank Aronson) and 30-something Theresa (Sandra Blaney) seeking solace and healing in the wake of failed relationships; Marty's husband James (Keith Langsdale), presumably on hand to fill out the numbers. Only teenage Lauren (Maya Rivera) is there because she wants to learn to act.
In the course of the weekly sessions, a marriage will steer toward the rocks, a new flame will flare and sputter, the theater games will veer into psychodrama, and the windowless studio will become a crucible of surprised emotions and self-discoveries. The play's attraction derives from its shrewd framing device, the awkward, funny and ultimately revealing group exercises (the theater game of the title is actually improvised at every performance). Baker's keen ear for everyday speech makes the characters' interactions real and immediate, but their very artlessness tends to undermine the play's more conventional dramatic devices and plot twists.
This production's attraction lies equally with its performers. All five, under Ellen W. Kaplan's understated direction, deliver convincingly "unactorly" performances, transparently realistic, detailed, funny and touching. Aronson, Blaney, Langsdale and Whitcomb are all New Century veterans, and in their company Rivera—who, like the playwright before her, has just graduated from Amherst High—more than holds her own among the old pros.
Through June 24, New Century Theatre, Mendenhall Performing Arts Center, Smith College, Northampton, (413) 585-3220, newcenturytheatre.org.
Contact Chris Rohmann at email@example.com.


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PANA � Pana High School drained 14 3-point field goals Tuesday night on its way to an 89-73 non-conference boys basketball victory over Shelbyville.
Jonathan McLeod led the way for the Panthers (2-1) as he hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points. All of McLeod�s treys came over the first three quarters.
Brock Beeson added 18 points for Pana, including four 3-pointers. Brock Trexler chipped in 13 points and two treys.
Ten players scored for the Panthers. It offset a game-high 26 points by the Rams� Cwenton Williams. Teammate Luke McConnell added 20 for Shelbyville.
LUTHERAN 54, PAWNEE 43: At Pawnee, Pierson Wofford scored 21 points and Josh Hennig tallied 14 as the Crusaders (7-0) continued the best start in school history.
Lutheran�s previous best start came last year, when the Crusaders started at 5-0 before losing to Jacksonville Routt.
Adam Forestier added nine for Lutheran.
Garrett Galloway led Pawnee with 14 points, Mason Bourne had 13 while pulling down a team-high nine rebounds.
NORTH MAC 59, CARLINVILLE 36: At Virden, Taten Musso scored 12 of his game-high 27 points in the second quarter to help North Mac take control in a non-conference victory over the Cavaliers.
Musso made three 3-point field goals as the Panthers (2-1) turned a 13-10 first-quarter deficit into a 25-22 halftime lead. They later outscored Carlinville 16-4 in the third period.
John Grayson added 11 points and 11 rebounds for North Mac, while Barry Stewart led Carlinville (4-4) with 13 points.
LINCOLNWOOD 48, HILLSBORO 39: At Hillsboro, Tate Snyder nearly outscored the entire Hillsboro team by himself, scoring 31 points in the Lancers� non-conference win on Tuesday.
He made 11 field goals � including two 3-pointers � and went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line.
Dylan Miller led the way for Hillsboro (2-3) with 13 points.
Raymond Lincolnwood improved to 4-3.
WILLIAMSVILLE 67, ATHENS 40: At Athens, Cole Courson scored 10 of his game-high 19 points in the first quarter when the Bullets took a 17-4 lead. Tyler Burdine added 13 points for the Bullets, who onnected on 16 of 20 free throws.
Matt Wendling led the Warriors with 12 points.
MONTICELLO 75, AUBURN 65: At Monticello, Auburn�s Scott McDermand scored a team-high 31 points but it wasn�t enough as the Trojans dropped to 0-2. McDermand hit 12 of 23 shots from the field and 7-for-10 from the foul line, including grabbing six rebounds. Korben Clark had a double-double for Auburn, scoring 10 points and pulling down 10 boards.
Monticello (1-4) took control of the game in the second period by outscoring Auburn 22-8 to take a 37-27 lead into the break. Nick Stokowski tossed in a game-high 34 points (three 3s) on 12 of 17 shooting, including going 7-for-7 from the charity stripe while grabbing nine rebounds.
PORTA 66, MOUNT PULASKI 63: At Petersburg, Nate Hopper scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half to pace the Bluejays past the Hilltoppers in a non-conference game.
PORTA took a 49-33 lead into the final quarter, but committed six of its 19 turnovers in the fourth quarter as Pulaski crept back into the game.
Nic Sinclair complemented Hopper with 16 points, 10 in the second half as the Bluejays remain unbeaten at 5-0.
Michael Lowery notched 13 of his team-high 25 points in the fourth quarter.
RIVERTON 90, TRI-CITY 46: At Buffalo, the Hawks netted 34 points in the fourth quarter to widen a 56-32 lead into the final score in a non-conference game.
Braxton LaDew scored 18 points and Ben Boggs added 15 to lead the Hawks. Jazeel King netted 12 points as Riverton upped its record to 3-0.
Trevor Martin led the Tornadoes with 12 points.
LITCHFIELD 63, SOUTHWESTERN 59: At Litchfield, the Purple Panthers hit 12 of 16 free throws in the final period to break a 47-all third-quarter tie and capture a South Central win.
Alex Hull scored seven of his team-high 17 points to lead Litchfield. He was five of eight from the foul line. Austin Bryant added 15 points, including four of four from the line in the fourth quarter.
Tyler Rose popped in 20 points to lead Piasa Southwestern.
EDINBURG 51, GREENVIEW 28: At Greenview, Isaac Roethemeyer and Teagan Wicks scored 15 points apiece to lead the Wildcats to a non-conference win over the host Bulldogs.
Edinburg led 19-9 after one quarter and 28-13 at halftime.
Austin Weidhuner led the Bulldogs with nine points.
EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 56, STAUNTON 40: At Staunton, Blake Marks and Mike Stimac each had 14 points to lead the Oilers (5-3) to a non-conference win.
Josh Franke had 11 points for the Bulldogs (0-2) on a sloppy night shooting for both teams.
Staunton junior Colin Fairman had 13 rebounds � a career high � to go with his nine points while Franke had nine boards.
Staunton has had just five practices with the full team this season after the Bulldogs� impressive loss to the Class 3A football state title game.


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How might this look on a Jane Hague campaign brochure? "I am the only King County Council member whose actions have led to new ethical standards for county judges."
The beleaguered Republican, weighed down by re-election contribution violations, overblown educational claims, and a drunk-driving arrest, can rightly, if only slyly, now boast of that accomplishment.
Because of her, current and future county "pro tempore" judges and commissioners will now be subject to criminal background checks—something that wasn't previously required. No longer, say embarrassed officials, will judges be hired who have worse records than the people they're judging.
The screening flaw emerged during a King County District Court hearing in Hague's DUI case, when the county fill-in judge who was hired to preside that day turned out to have a criminal record.
The breakdown has led to new proposed court procedures at both the District and Superior Court levels. The higher court is in the process of creating "a blanket rule that every attorney who sits as a pro tem judicial officer must have a criminal records check," says Michael Trickey, the Superior Court presiding judge, in announcing the change.
The presiding judge in District Court, Barbara Linde, calls new background checks "a priority."
Though policy may not be finalized for another week, the lower-court measure could be especially restrictive as proposed by a court committee. "The recommendation," says Linde, "is that criminal history within the past 10 years renders an otherwise qualified attorney ineligible to serve as a judge pro tem."
While Superior Court judges handle splashy felony cases, district judges preside over misdemeanor, traffic and domestic violence cases. They're no less important to the public good, however, and have lately been involved in a second politically charged case: the domestic violence arrest of Seattle City Council member Richard McIver, in which a District Court judge arraigned him and released him on his personal recognizance. (Because a judge who knows McIver had to recuse himself, and no other full-time or pro tem judges were available, McIver had to spend two nights in jail awaiting his hearing.)
The new requirements are not aimed at full-time elected judges at either level, who are vetted by the state bar, by court administrators, and through the give-and-take of political campaigns, officials say. Judges are also expected to voluntarily disclose meaningful violations.
This all comes about following the dismissal of Richard L. Jones, a Bellevue attorney and judge pro tem who filled in on the District Court bench in Redmond at an Oct. 1 DUI hearing in the Hague case. A relatively new pro tem sitting in for an absent full-time judge, Jones, at the request of both sides, granted a continuance in the case until after the November election, a ruling especially favorable to Hague.
As Seattle Weekly first reported, that resulted in an Oct. 2 e-mail to Linde from Hague's council election opponent, Richard Pope, who has complained about, among other things, court favoritism toward Hague. Pope, a Bellevue attorney familiar with Jones' background, called the pro tem a "Republican activist" in the e-mail and asked Linde how Jones could be sitting on the bench with a criminal record that included arrests for assault and for burglarizing his ex-wife's home. Both were felonies Jones pleaded down to misdemeanor convictions.
Linde quickly removed Jones from the hiring list and proposed background checks for pro tems, who are paid $76.40 an hour. Current requirements include being an attorney in good standing with the Washington State Bar Association and completion of a two-day pro tem training class taught by other judges.
Pro tems should also have five years of civil or criminal experience, Linde says—though preferably not as a defendant. "The attorneys take an oath that they meet these qualifications," she says. But as the Jones case shows, that's insufficient. Though his criminal history was available on computers, the District Court had no policy to scrutinize its own records. Had they looked, officials also could have discovered the public notices of Jones' related disciplinary proceedings from the bar.
And now they will look. But telling judges the court will begin rummaging through their backgrounds could leave some pro tems reconsidering the public bench, Linde allows.
"Our plan is to notify all the judges on our list that their backgrounds will be reviewed, and give them each a chance to be taken off the list. Some may just decide they don't need to be pro tems anymore."
A recent review by Seattle Weekly of the District Court's 64 pro tem judges indicated none has a criminal record, although a few have collected a number of traffic violations. Linde said pro tem judges' traffic history could be an employment factor if violations are "substantial," particularly if they involve serious offenses such as DUI.
Veteran pro tem and Renton attorney David Tracy says he thinks most judges can live with the changes because their records are clean. "I don't know of a local judge who had a DUI in the recent past, for example. I do hear talk about some, and some have resigned, I understand, or lost their positions as a result," he says. Still, it's important that a criminal charge or drunk-driving conviction doesn't lead to automatic dismissal, he adds, and that the new rules don't unfairly exclude capable judges.
"Can Bobbe Bridge still do a good job? I think she can, although she should probably stay out of [reviewing] alcohol-offense cases," Tracy says.
Supreme Court Justice Bridge was put on probation with a deferred sentence and reprimanded by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct for her 2003 Seattle DUI, but kept her high-court job. When she was arrested, her blood-alcohol reading was three times the state limit of .08. She recently announced her retirement, effective the end of the year.
Another King County pro tem judge, who asked not to be named, says she has no problem with the new proposals. "Judges, pro tem or otherwise, ought to have as clean a slate as possible, although I don't think they have to be perfect," she observes, suggesting the new standards not exclude judges with minor traffic records, for example. "You can argue that a judge who has been through a few scrapes might be more informed than one who hasn't."
Judges say they're under constant public scrutiny as it is, and misdeeds don't go unnoticed. Sometimes they're hard not to notice: While awaiting the outcome of a 1999 drunk-driving case, Lakewood Municipal Court Judge Ralph Baldwin invited attorneys into his chambers to share half a case of beer. After jurors rendered their verdict, he invited them to join the party. He was last seen driving off from the courthouse, beer in hand. He later resigned.
While the Superior Court's move is precautionary—"None of our full-time commissioners, pro tem judges, or pro tem commissioners has been the subject of bar discipline," and none has a record, says Trickey—the District Court is trying to firm up a comparably more casual hiring policy. Attorneys and retired judges, some with much narrower legal experience than Superior Court fill-ins, comprise the pro tem roster of the District Court.
"The only requirement for anyone to be a judge, pro tem or regular, is to be an attorney in good standing as a member of the bar, and you can have a criminal record and still be in good standing with the bar," says Tracy, the Renton attorney who has been a pro tem off and on for 25 years. "It's important to remember that people can make mistakes and still be good judges."


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nice exactly what im looking for is a Fast Bowler
Would've like to have seen a few wickets before i head off to school but it's not the case, Terrible start by my team. They are 56/0 off only 8 overs
Dream XI: M Hyder, J Linker, M Clock, S Wetsin, A Simms, A Golcrhist, B Hugg, S Worde, B Leap, J Giuseppe, G MacGrith
End of Over 19: 56-8, runrate=2.95
Holmes 10-0-25-8
Rutherford* 6 (24 balls)
Maccormick 0 (1 balls)
James Holmes finally unlocked some of the potential I just knew he had...
"Matt Damon"
Anyone have an idea as to when they're going to expand the number of leagues? i'm on the waiting list
Proud Member of the Melbourne Demons ,'97,'98,'99,'05-'13
Supporter of Melbourne Demons FC, Aston Villa FC, and the Flyers
"This tournament is a joke. Grass is for cows, I'm never coming back." - Marat Safin
The season just ended, the next one is starting in two weeks I think, so they'll expand then.Originally Posted by cameeel
Won my final league match against the #3 team easily. Lost the toss and bowled, Gillespie removed the top three and the other bowlers all took wickets to knock them over for 134. Chased that down for the loss of one wicket, with Bridge (62*) and Berry (51*) making most of the runs.
Finished second in the league with 12 wins, 2 losses and NRR of 15.10. The #1 team had the same number of points but a higher NRR.
Best players this season:
Cuss: 1174 runs @ 130.44, SR 100.1, 6x100, 3x50, HS 160.
Gillespie: 51 wickets @ 10.80, SR 13.76, Econ 4.71, 3x5w, BB 8-30 and 389 runs @ 38.90, SR 95.81, 2x50, HS 97.
Berry: 942 runs @ 94.20, SR 85.20, 2x100, 8x50, HS 124 and 21 wickets @ 30.43, SR 31.43, Econ 5.81, BB 5-68.
Cuss and Berry scored more runs than anyone else in the league (next highest 922) and Gillespie took the most wickets (next highest 36). Also had two other batsmen with averages over 100, so I should be able to do OK next season in Div II. Need to find another decent bowler though. Just sold a pretty ordinary player for 124k so I might just buy one.
Great, thanksOriginally Posted by Adamc
I'm just fully investing in my youth academy from now on
i did that from the start ive only picked up one good batsmen
i also bought a cheap sri lankan fast bowler who im training hopefully he'll be good for nexst year
so anyone else get promoted im in div2 number 1 in australia...
looking at the other teams well im going to struggle
I bought this player for $1000, A bargain i reckon because he could grow to be a champion all-rounder
Curtis Joseph - 22 yo, BT Rating=2,020
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, abysmal form, Healthy
An attacking player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: woeful
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble
how are your teams made up skill wise???
mine is...
1. Hamshaw; Proficient Bat/ Mediocre Bowling
2. Wheat; Feeble Bat/ Proficient Keeper
3. Lennon; Respectable Bat
4. Fry; Respectable Bat
5. Cuss; Competent Bat
6. Willets; Competenet Bat
7. Livermore; Mediorce Bat
8. Holmes; Feeble Bat, Surperb Bowler
9. Henshaw; Respectable Bowler
10. Sheffield; Competent Bowler
11. O'Grady; Respectable Bowler
yeh i bought this sri lankan for $1000 too....
Thilian Ratnayake - 19 yo, BT Rating=5,463
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, strong form, Healthy
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: woeful Concentration: feeble
Bowling: woeful Consistency: woeful
Fielding: woeful
1. Nash Respectable Bat
2. Wainwright Respectable Bat Competent Bowl
3. Lockwood Respectable Bat
4. Benamar Competent Bat
5. Allsopp Competet Bat
6. Kenna Competent Bat
7. Seager Competent Bat Strong Keeper
8. Preece Feeble RM Bowl
9. Garrick Respectable Spin Bowl
10. Keeling Competent RFM Bowl
11. Beevers Respectable Spin Bowl
just looking to replace Preece
^Nice lineups. Mine at the moment:
1. Cuss - Superb Bat
2. Bridge - Respectable Bat
3. Berry - Strong Bat/Competent LF Bowl (5)
4. Gillespie - Proficient Bat/Strong RF Bowl (1)
5. Barrett - Competent Bat
6. Gillete - Competent Bat/Proficient WK
7. Rocastle - Competent Bat
8. Begg/Hatch - Competent Bat
9. Oddy - Feeble Bat/Competent LM Bowl (4)
10. Male - Proficient RM Bowl (2)
11. Badley - Respectable LF Bowl (3)
Just need a decent spinner. I have a mediocre 19yo spinner who I am training at the moment, who will probably be in the lineup once he pops to competent. Top order batting is awesome at the moment, hoping for a couple of the competent batsmen in the middle order to pop to respectable soon. Got a couple of good allrounders in Gillespie and Berry which allows me to bat down to 8.
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