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active/ac·tive/ (ak´tiv) characterized by action; not passive; not expectant.
activeadjective A term of art defined by users in different fields:
Referring to the presence of neutrophils in gastric biopsies. Active is loosely equivalent to "acute" and often indicates infection by Helicobacter pylori.
Not passive; not expectant, as in active disease, which contrasts to quiescent disease.
ActiveA term of art defined by users in different fields. In gastroenterology, active refers to presence of neutrophils in gastric biopsies. Active is loosely equivalent to "acute" and often indicates infection by Helicobacter pylori.
activeadjective Not passive, not expectant
ActiveA brand name for testing strips for blood glucose in the range 0.6 to 33.3 mmol per litre.
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active principle
the drugs or chemicals in a pharmaceutical preparation that exert an effect pharmacologically; as distinct from the inert fillers, wetting agents and other excipients also often included.
active site
that region of a protein, usually an enzyme, that binds to another molecule such as the substrate of the enzyme.
active transport
the movement of ions or molecules assisted by a carrier protein across the cell membranes and epithelial layers, usually against a concentration gradient, resulting directly from the expenditure of metabolic energy. For example, under normal circumstances more potassium ions are present within the cell and more sodium ions extracellularly. The process of maintaining these normal differences in electrolytic composition between the intracellular fluids is active transport. The process differs from simple diffusion or osmosis in that it requires the expenditure of metabolic energy.
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Q. Are there any nice activities for adults with autism? I've been helping a very nice man of 45 of years old and I'm looking for some new things I can do with him in our time together. any ideas?
A. Autistic people react wonderfully with animals. for instance- i saw a group of severe Autistic teenagers going to swim with dolphins. the effect was amazing! taking him to the zoo, or even to the park to feed ducks, pet dogs, whatever.. could have a great effect on him.
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Q. what is a passive smoking? and is it dangerous as an active?
A. Passive smoking is the exposure to cigarettes smoke emitted from cigarettes smoke by other person. It's dangerous and may increase the risk to several diseases similar to active smoking (one's exposure to smoke emitted from the cigarettes he or she is smoking) although the risk is of lower magnitude. Example for passive smoking is children of smokers etc.
You may read more here:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html
You may read more here:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html
Q. i swim a lot ! what are the advantages of swimming over other sport activities? on what part of the body does it work the most ?
A. its a good workout but your not really going to burn as much calories as a regular work out.More discussions about active


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"The best way out is always through."
Which is fabulous advice pretty much any time you're not constructing a multi-tier wedding cake.
[Bah dum CHA]
Thank you. Thankyouverramuuuch.
"In the Wilton course 3 kit (which I did not have), the pillars are meant to go through the cake, with the bottom pieces threaded through so that it looks like it isn't in the cake. I simply bought the wrong pillars, the ones with the square bottom that is meant to sit on the separator plate and not actually go into the cake. When I pushed them into the cake, the square holes were the result."
Ah, so it's Wilton's fault! I knew it! Well, I think I should mention that this was one of Laura's first cakes and she has since improved her cakey skillz a little bit:
Or, ya know. A lot bit.Thanks for being such a good sport, Laura, and for setting the record straight.

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Linda had visualized the trade over and over. She saw herself sitting at her trading platform, cool as a cucumber, back straight, brow smooth, heart beating evenly with dry palms and saying to herself, "Patience, …patience…patience." And what's more important, she allowed her trade to progress according to plan, with stops in place and remaining in place while letting the market prove her plan wrong or right. She had done this same exercise many times and then had went through it again in her demo account to create the neural (brain) pathway and as well as the neural network (everything that she sees, hears, feels, smells and tastes associated with this trading event) in her brain by mentally rehearsing this behavior. Just like a professional baseball player who practices through mental rehearsal in his mind first then does everything just has he had visualized it in order to "train" his mind and his muscles to do the right thing habitually so that he gets the right results habitually; Linda was training her mind and muscles to follow through as well. When she finished, she celebrated her success with the realization that success was defined as executing her trade in exactly the way it was planned and following all of her rules…overtly. She also had learned and was now demonstrating that neurons which fire together wire together (when you think, feel or do; brain cells fire/release neurotransmitters, neurochemicals and other messenger molecules that create pathways in your brain and when it happens habitually those pathways become hard wired and fire together automatically when in the same situation). She was not only mentally rehearsing and practicing peak performance; she was creating an "effective routine."
Mental rehearsal is a powerful tool that is used by all manner of peak performers and high achievers across the board; from elite surgeons, to high powered trial attorneys, to world class athletes because they have come to understand the power of imagination. They also understand that it is not enough to simply sit and visualize, you must demonstrate the ability in real time by "practicing" the art and using your muscles in the process. Demonstration is the crucial final step from mental rehearsal to personal evolution. As you practice the desired behavioral strategy (a high level multi-step plan for getting a result) the more that you "go through the exact motions" associated with the desired result you are slowly changing "explicit memory" (memory of how to do things that you can think about and declare like stating your name or your address or gender) to "implicit memory" (memory that is unconscious or behavior that you don't have to think about as in typing, brushing your teeth, tying your shoes, riding a bike, and playing a musical instrument). Another way to think of it is to look at how you learned to drive a stick shift. You learned each behavior that was necessary individually and then grasped through instruction or watching a model, the whole "behavioral strategy" associated with the desired result of effortless driving. You then practiced … you Tested (tried the particular behavior like pushing in the clutch) then through feedback from the car you knew if it was done correctly – usually a surge forward followed by an immediate stall meant that you needed to do it again – you Operated (looked at the model or reviewed the correct way to push in the clutch), then Tested again (engaged that particular behavior again, in this instance practicing on the clutch); and you tested – operated – tested until at some point you got it and "exited" this process. All the while you had to think about each and every behavioral point in the strategy and you were using "explicit memory." You did this until you could flawlessly execute the entire stick shift driving strategy. Of course, fifteen years after you "learned" this strategy you may have found yourself driving 65 miles an hour down the freeway while negotiating a cup of coffee, with a burger in one hand, a cell phone in the other still "feeling" capable of manipulating the clutch and stick if necessary. This behavior had then dropped into "implicit memory," in other words you became unconsciously competent with regard to driving a stick shift car.
Effective routines that are designed around a protocol (a sequentially ordered series of steps toward an aim or goal) or strategy, which then are "tested" using a feedback system that documents and/or verifies that the protocol/strategy is credible that are then done over and over and over again to form a habit are the makings of "skill building." If you do this process enough the explicitly based memories associated with having to consciously think about everything that you are doing will drop into your unconscious and become implicitly based memories of "how" to get the same successful results; that is planning your trade and trading your plan while following "all" of your rules to a T. When you do this you have "programmed" your system to act and respond in a deliberate fashion, you are then designing the way that you interact with the markets and your general environment.
Your state of mind (a neural network of all that you saw, heard, felt, smelled and tasted associated with a pleasurable or painful experience – that is most often connected to several/many other similar networks throughout your brain) has everything to do with your outcomes in trading and life. States of depression, anxiety, fear, self-doubt, anger and greed all have the power to influence your thoughts in very negative ways leading almost invariably to self-sabotage. On the other hand for example, states of confidence, curiosity, awe, satisfaction, happiness, and optimism can activate your internal resources and align your system to move in the same direction and for the same goals. You can design your states by identifying the behavioral protocols/strategies that will get you the consistent results that you want, visualizing yourself doing those behaviors successfully, and then practicing this process in real time using a demo account in order to test – operate – test – exit the process. At this point you have established an effective routine that is connected to the protocol/strategy and by doing that over and over and over you go from thinking to doing to "being" the trader that you know is inside of you. The establishment of an A-Game is not an accident. Just like world class peak performers in other disciplines, trading requires preparation, training, mental programming, practice, persistence and perseverance (pardon the overuse of alliteration) in order to trade successfully in the trenches. Trading is world class. You are competing against millions of other traders out there; many of whom are ready for you…are you ready for them? We help you to develop your A-Game in order to compete in world class markets. Ask your Online Trading Academy representative for more information. Also, get my book "From Pain to Profit: Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader."
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Rafael Nadal returned to the tennis court for the first time in more than five months as he started his preparations for the 2013 season on an indoor court in Mallorca.
Nadal, who has not been seen since his shock second-round defeat to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June, completed his first training session under the watchful eye of his coach Toni Nadal in his home town of Manacor.
The French Open champion is hoping to be back to full fitness after in time for the Australian Open in January after recovering from a partial tear of the patellar tendon.
"Hi all, today my first tennis practice after all these weeks," Nadal posted on his Facebook page. "Getting better and hope to continue with the positive trend."
Having been forced to pull out of the defence of his Olympic crown, Nadal also missed the US Open, the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals as well as Spain's Davis Cup final defeat to Czech Republic at the weekend.


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A few months ago I posted about my charity shop finds, and one of them was this teeny tiny picture frame. I really want to cross stitch or embroider something in it, but I am lacking in inspiration, so I need your help. Something funny or ironic would be quite good, or just a lovely little picture of something. I have no idea so give me some of yours!
In return I am offering a book from my stash Stitch & Sparkle by Charlotte Liddle. It's cute little book with ideas for colourful accessories. My favourite project is the peg dollies, which you can customise with lots of different outfits with scraps of fabric and ribbons.
Anyone who comments on this post with an idea for my picture frame will be in with a chance. Follow my blog or follow me on Twitter (@dillytante) for extra entries (but leave a comment to let me know that you have done so). It's a fairly small book so I'm happy to post anywhere. Make sure you leave a blog/email/Twitter address so I can contact you. I will have Betty draw a name out of the
Peppa Pig bowl hat on Valentine's Day, so channel your muse and get posting but Midnight 13th February. Oh, I will actually stitch the one I like best put it into the frame. The aperture of the frame is 4×5.5cm, so I need big ideas that are small in execution.


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There have been some pretty horrible iPhone knock-offs, but I say enough is enough when you have to draw in your own apps.
Indeed, the only way you are going to make a phone call on this is if you use your imagination. These paper iPhones are designed for one thing and one thing only—taking notes. At least it's double sided—one half for regular notes and the other half for technical sketches. [Notepod via iSpazio via OhGizmo]


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State exchange chiefs skip town, while Obama hires a hit man.
President Obama has responded to the ObamaCare debacle by bringing in Beltway liberal mastermind John Podesta as a senior West Wing hand, and he promptly announced his arrival by likening House Republicans to "a cult worthy of Jonestown" in an interview with Politico. The states running their own insurance exchanges are exacting more accountability for their ObamaCare failures.
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Feds say they will discourage child immigration
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Central American families on Wednesday that "there is no free pass" in the U.S. immigration system after touring an Arizona facility holding hundreds of children apprehended at the border in recent weeks.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who has long been a staunch critic of the Obama administration's immigration policies, toured the converted warehouse in Nogales with Johnson and declared that the government is not doing its job in stifling the overwhelming surge in children illegally migrating to the U.S.
"Dang it, the federal government has got a job to do," she said. Asked whether the state should provide resources during what many say is a humanitarian crisis, Brewer said only that the federal government has made it clear she does not have any authority in addressing illegal immigration. Brewer was referring to a federal lawsuit against Arizona after Brewer signed into law the sweeping immigration bill known as SB 1070.
Thousands of Central American families and unaccompanied children have been coming to the U.S. in recent months as they flee violence, murders and extortion from criminal gangs in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Many of them are under the impression that they will receive leniency from U.S. authorities once they get here.
"I want to continue to emphasize to all those who are listening, including the parents of kids, parents that may be considering sending their kid from Central America, that this journey is a dangerous one and at the end of it there is no free pass, there is no 'permisos' for your children to come to the United States," Johnson said.
But while Johnson has vowed to spread his message, Brewer says the federal government is not doing enough to stop the migration.
About 900 children are being held in the Nogales facility where they are processed and then turned over to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services while undergoing removal proceedings. They are often reunited with their families in the U.S. before their immigration court cases play out.
Johnson says the kids have adequate care.
"I have to say that the kids, while this is not an ideal situation, look as if they're being well-taken care of under the circumstance," Johnson said.
But the DHS chief has kept mum about how many children have been sent to Arizona, how many have been released and how many have reported back to immigration officials as required.
Immigration officials have also released a large number of women with children who crossed the border illegally into Texas, dropping them off at Greyhound stations in Phoenix and Tucson with the expectation that they will report back within 15 days. Officials have declined to answer how many have actually reported back.
Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 52,000 immigrant children crossing the border alone since the start of the budget year last October. That included 9,000 in May alone.
Most have been caught in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, which has run out of space and resources to process the children.
The surge in crossings has prompted the Department of Homeland Security to fly many of those kids to Arizona for processing. The department is also using military bases in Texas, California and Oklahoma to house the children before they are placed with a parent or relative.
Other facilities in Artesia, New Mexico, where the Border Patrol training academy is located, and Tucson, Arizona, are being set up to house immigrants.
Doris Suyapa Leyba Juarez is one of the thousands of people who have come to the U.S. from Central America in the recent immigration surge.
As she sat on the ground in a dark corner of a Phoenix Greyhound station last month holding a 2-year-old girl, the mother of five said she wanted to come to the U.S. to give her kids the educational opportunities she didn't have in Honduras.
"I just want my kids to study. I can't read or write," she said.
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After writing down this question, I have come to realize that. What I really want is reading materials on the questions below.
Before the big bang there was no such thing as 'time' (Steven Hawking on why the pope was wrong when he stated that physics and cristian beleves could go together as someone 'must have started the big bang'). Hawking stated that according to his theories time started at the big bang. Before the big bang, no time, hence no creator. Hawking actually said this in a speach, in memorial to Gallileo when the pope made official appologices on behalf of the church for banning Gallileo. I read this years ago so I might be wrong in some detail.
I would like something to read to understand what Hawking meant when he said that there could be no creator since time 'started' at big bang and did not exist before that. I found this paper but I am not sure I understand what it means. Concentric circles in WMAP data may provide evidence of violent pre-Big-Bang activity. I think I have to read other things before actually digging in to that paper since I find it pretty hard. What can I read as an introduction before reading this paper. Frankly, I don't understand it.
From a physics phd student I was informed that many physics researchers actually are unsure that the big bang really existed. Since they don't believe that everything could have existed in a singular point. Do they? (Might be a tricky question to answer).
When you spread out time it turns out that time can not be spread out. I.e. it does not work like a rubberband. Or perhaps, When you compare time (maybe as a result of jouries at extreme speed where the two objects then have different ideas of how long time it has taken) does not follow form a bell curve statistically. Why not? The uncertainty evaluated at t = 0 also gives strange results but I am not sure it is related. Perhaps it is perhaps not. I know a lot of calculus, a lot of linear algebra and basic quantum mechanics.


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BEIJING, May 30 (UPI) -- China hopes to conduct a dialogue and cooperate with the United States on the issue of cybersecurity, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang said.
Zheng's comment comes ahead of the June 7-8 meeting in California between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping in which cybersecurity is on the agenda, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
Chinese alleged hacking of U.S. computer systems came up again after The Washington Post, citing a confidential report by the Defense Science Board, reported Tuesday that Chinese hackers broke into computer systems containing designs of more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems. The board didn't accuse the Chinese hackers of stealing the designs.
The China Daily quoted Zheng as saying that a range of issues of strategic importance would be discussed by Obama and Xi, and stressed Beijing's stand that "China opposes all types of cyberattacks and is a victim of such attacks."
In Washington Wednesday, Carney noted cybersecurity is "very high priority" for Obama and that the president expects it to be on the agenda at the summit along with issues of North Korea, stability in Asia, expansion of bilateral military ties and climate change.
Carney said U.S.-China relationship is a "broad and complex one" and that Washington has been "clear in our concern about cybersecurity, our concern about the fact that there have been cyber intrusions emanating from China."
He said national security adviser Tom Donilon, who just returned from China, "raised our growing concerns with many senior Chinese officials on this matter and made clear that the United States will do all it must to protect our national networks, our critical infrastructure, and our valuable public and private sector property."
Carney said China should investigate U.S. concerns and start a dialogue on cyber issues. He welcomed China's decision to start a new working group, saying through such dialogues, the United States hopes to "establish norms against the theft of trade secrets and confidential business information."
"It is expected that in the meeting guidelines can be established on how to develop a new type of relationship between major powers," Zheng said in a China Daily report.


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Audi Q5 Lease Questions
When I run the numbers, I get around $665/month based on the criteria you have provided. Not sure what the 1999 up front is for if you are rolling the taxes into the payment? First month payment plus something else? Is part of that money going towards reducing the cap cost? The money factor seems padded as well - 4.5%, seems high for this vehicle (think it is around 3.9% right now). The dealer is definitely hiding some fees in the monthly payment. Would get a complete breakout of all the numbers and re-nogiate the money factor. The actual price of the Q5 does not seem that bad (would never pay more than $500 over invoice).0
Thanks a lot for reply eoghan27
Here is the breakdown I got,
cap cost - 46743+695(acq)+80(doc)+414(lic) +437.75(cap fees) = 47261
down = 1510 (755.67(1st month) + 754.94(???)
Residual - 0.55
rate/money factor = 1.9
The monthly payment now has gone up to $755.67(w/ tax)
What do you think?0
Seems about right for 36 months - would definitely be in the mid -700s a month. Good luck - the Q5 3.0 is a great vehicle!0
Thanks again eoghan27.
How do these numbers look for a 2013 q5 2.0T premium plus + Nav + B&O + Rear entertainment+ sport interior+audi adv key = $50,570 (MSRP)
$2000 drive off(dmv+fees+1st month)
still waiting for the MF and Residual.0
The MF and residual on the above mention deal is
Residual = 55
selling price - $475350
The MF being 3.38% is definitely better than the 3.0T - most of the dealers have over stock of the 2.0T and limited quantities of the 3.0T - would see if you could get invoice price for the 2.0T. Not sure what is all in the 2K up front, seems high. Also, if you are a repeat Audi customer, you can get loyalty money which is what I will typically use as my down to cover all the fees which makes the deal a 0 down drive off. Not sure if the residual of 55% already includes AudiCare or not, but you should look at that - adds 1% to the residual which will just about absorb the additional cost of that service.0
Hi Car Man
I am a first time leaser and my first Audi. Had BMW, Benz, Caddy but never an Audi- i feel like im getting jipped. MSRP is $45,195 for the Audi Q5 2.0 prem plus I was told today 6000 down 36mos lease of $659.55 monthly payment. Can you tell me or help me with numbers. What should I get it for/ask for? I live in Seattle, WA0
rr4mywife Posts: 57You are totally getting jipped. I got a quote on the exact car, 12K miles per year, NY registered for $663/month, but with only $1800 out of pocket (bank fee, first month and tags). This payment includes NY taxes rolled into the payments. The dealer gave me the car at invoice. Does not sound like your dealer is discounting the car at all.
Hope this helps.0
Hi jnew00. AFS' 10,000 mile per year residual values are 3% higher than its 15,000 mile per year residuals.
Audi Care does indeed add 1%.
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Welcome joline0727. Since you are new to leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles on the subject that are available here at Edmunds.com: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment.
In short, the easiest way to get a good deal on a leased vehicle is to shop around for the lowest possible selling price and then have the dealer that you decide to go with calculate your vehicle's monthly payment using its buy rate lease money factor.
$6,000 is way too much money to put down on a leased vehicle. I always advise consumers to make no capitalized cost reduction when leasing. I do so because consumers who make large down payments on leases risk losing part or all of the money that they put down if their vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen and never recovered. Even though it means that your monthly payment will be a little higher, it's much safer to go with a zero down lease.
Shoot for a selling price that's as close to dealer invoice as possible and make sure that the dealer uses Audi Financial Services' buy rate lease money factor of .00141 (top credit tier) to calculate your payment.
Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.
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Thank you so much for your response! This really helps. As mentioned before I am new to this and not sure how to handle the situation. How would you recommend I get my dealer to give me what I want/ what you have suggested.
The Audi dealer I am working with claims that asking for a sale price of 43000 for a 46000 car is below invoice. BMW has recently quoted me a residual of 57% and MF of .00130 and I was using that as a base and asked Audi to do the same. He replied that the requested residual is low and the money factor is below buy rate. He also mentioned that discounts on the Q5 typically dont happen as the demand is higher than the supply and if and when they do its usually hundreds not thousands.
Any suggestions? Thank you all in advance!0
marckymarck Posts: 3Picked up my new 2013 Audi Q5 last week, just wanted to share my deal:
2013 Audi Q5 3.0 Premium Plus
MMI Navigation Plus
S Line package
Sport Interior
Sale Price: $49,587
Audi Care $800
Wear and Tear $743
Registration $425
Doc Fee $350
Disp Fee $350
NJ Tax 7%
42month with 10,000 miles/year
Residual Value=51%
Money Upfront $4,000
Monthly payment $650
The dealer threw in genuine Q5 rubber mats and bike racks for free, and offered lifetime free oil change.
Big thanks to Car_man and everyone posting suggestions on the forum, when I asked the dealer about MF and residual value they were the same numbers Car_man provided.0
hit22 Posts: 8Went to Audi dealer and got this deal from the grand wizard:
Metallic Paint
Audi Advanced Key
36 months
56 residual
.0014 money factor
$3,000 down
$475 per month
Do you think this is a good deal or keep negotiating?0
I'm glad that I was able to help you out, joline0727. Ideally you are in an area that has a couple of Audi dealers. The increased competition usually leads to better prices.
A discount of $3,000 probably puts you at right around dealer invoice. You can look up the exact invoice price of the truck that you want by clicking on the following link: 2013 Audi Q5 Pricing. Shoot for a selling price that's as close to dealer invoice as possible, going to multiple dealers if you have the time and have to to get a good deal.
What the dealer is telling you about the Q5 pricing may indeed be true. I have not looked into the pricing for this model in a little while, but the late time I did supply was fairly low and as a result the discounts that dealers were willing to provide on them weren't great. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that if you want to get a good deal on a leased vehicle, the Audi Q5 probably is not the way to go. If you just really like the Q5 and want one regardless of whether it's the best deal, that's a different story.
Audi Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Q5 2.0 Premium Plus with 15,000 miles per year are .00141 and 53% assuming that you qualify for its top credit tier.
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td2480 Posts: 1Hi - my wife and I are looking at a Q5 2.0 Premium Plus to lease through Audit Financial and only need 10,000 miles a year. I spec'ed out my vehicle pricing on Edmunds.com True Market Pricing and Invoice comes to $39,936 and MSRP is $42,870
What is best monthly payment I can get on this combo? And can you provide the money factor and residual. Want to put down as little money as possible since it's a lease and I'm just renting the vehicle.
Hi Troy. Audi Financial Services' February buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Q5 2.0 Premium Plus with 10,000 miles per year are .00141 and 56% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
Using these numbers, an MSRP of $42,870 and a selling price of $1,000 over invoice, or $40,936, I estimate that this truck would have a zero down, pre-tax monthly payment of around $562.
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audilover5 Posts: 1Car_man,
Thanks for all the helpful info here - much appreciated! I just wanted to run this lease deal by you before I pull the trigger over the next few days...making sure I'm not missing anything
2013 Q5 3.0T Premium+, S-Line, Sport Int., MMI/Nav, B&O, Winter mats & Trunk Liner, Audi Care
Selling Price: $50,091
Audi Care: $820
PA Tax: 6%
36 Months @ 15,000 miles/year
Residual Value: 54%
Money Upfront: $7468 (6000 down, plus 1st payment, taxes and fees)
Audi Loyalty: -$1000
Monthly payment $583
I know very well that I am putting more down than most would choose to (and what I've seen you recommend against), but I just want to keep the monthly payment low. Also, the out of pocket money comes almost entirely from positive equity in my trade which I own outright - 2009 Q5 Prestige S-Line (bought out from a previous lease @ 21,900). Dealer is offering $29,000 on trade, so I have $7100 in equity to into new lease.
Eager to hear your thoughts (or anyone else's) on this deal before I pull the trigger in a few days.
Thanks in advance!0
bestdeal42 Posts: 9Hi,
Just starting to shop for a Q5, have crunched some numbers with the current advertised 36 month 10K miles lease deal in San Francisco Bay area for a 2013 AUDI Q5
Includes: Premium Package, Convenience Package, Panorama Sunroof, Lighting Package, Heated Front Seats and Destination Charge.
$3693 due at signing which includes ($725 Acq+$499 First month+ $2499 Cap Reduction)
I figure Dealer Contribution:$400 (not sure it just fits)
Money Factor: 0.00140
Residual: 56% ($22677)
Monthly payments $499+tax
Deal Excludes Tax and title.
This is what they are offering off the bat, how much more do you think I can get the dealer to chip in? Has anyone negotiated based on this?
So I have been reading through this forum and everybody seems to be VERY knowledgeable on these topics. I have kind of an intricate situation that I was looking for advice/opinions on.
I have a 2010 Acura RDX that is leased and the 36 month lease is coming to an end. I paid for 12,000 miles a year and am below my mileage by quite a bit. I have about 28,500 miles on the vehicle which is 7,500 miles below my lease. Of course I want to use this to my advantage rather than giving the vehicle back. The car is in 100% perfect mechanical condition and it has a few small wear and tear scratches/nicks in the paint but nothing major. NADA and KBB both have the Very Good trade-in value at $23,600 and I can buy the car out for $21,643, which includes sales tax. Without tax, I calculate the buyout at $20,227. Audi offered to buy the RDX and use the equity towards my Q5 lease. This sounds great, however, they estimated the equity at $1,500. I calculate the equity at $3,373 (The KBB trade-in value minus the tax-free buyout price). Is expecting to get the entire $3,373 equity toward my new lease something reasonable of me to expect?
Second, I am looking to lease a Q5 2.0T Premium Plus with the Glacier Metallic paint. The MSRP is $41,570 and Invoice is $38,725. Should I be happy if I can get them to offer about $1000 over Invoice? Also, from the forum I have read the residual is 56% and the MMF is .00141, are these figures correct? I am hoping to have payments right around $500/month (everything included) by putting zero down and using the equity from my RDX.
Thank you in advance for all your help. I have made poor decisions on leases in the past and hope to get a fair deal this time around.0
kyfdx Posts: 128,458Dealers use Manheim auction reports to base trade-in offers, which may (usually) vary from KBB... Plus, just like you are trying to buy their car for as little as possible, they want to spend less on yours..
Want to know the approximate auction value for your car?
Post the details here: Real-World Trade-In Values
Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!
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car_man & kyfdx,
Need some info - can you give me the MF and residual for the vehicle below?
I am looking at a 3 yr 36k lease on a 2.0 Q5 Premium. The only upgrades on the unit I want are the metallic paint, lighting package and heated front seats.
Also - do you know what MSRP is for the Audi Care? As far as I can tell, it is basically 3-4 oil changes and some "inspections" that they typically do when the car is in for service and I am trying to find out if it is overpriced.
Lastly, are there any special incentives on the Q5 other than what is posted on Edmunds?
Thanks for your help,0
I would go for audi care as it increases the residual value by 1%. On a 3 year lease, you will need only 3 scheduled maitenances for this SUV. It does not cover brakes or tires.0
Thanks. I did a bit of research. Looks like it covers 15k, 25k, 35k & 45k service. At 35k, they change the spark plugs and some other stuff. Interesting that they push it for people who are getting 3yr 36k leases as the 35k service basically preps the car for when it goes off lease and is sold so in some respects, I am absorbing the cost of Audi certifying the car.
Dealer quoted me an additional $300 for Audi Car spread out over the life of the lease so it is not unreasonable. I think at 2 years it covers brake fluid. Also, in the past, the 4 cyl engines had sludge problems for a variety of reasons not the least of which was owners not following oil change protocol.0
At $300 its worth it, plus the extra increase of the residual by 1%. I would check the price of the 3 services needed. Will be much more than audi care costs. I also believe it may not cover tire rotations, but I recommend you go to a tire place for this anyway.0
So I gave a check for $1500 after reaching a deal on a Q5. The exact vehicle was to be shipped from about 3 hours away and I would have it within a week. The next day the dealership called me and told me the car we had discussed was actually already sold. Shouldn't they have known this prior to taking my deposit and having me sign papers? The entire thing now seems shady and it's as if they just wanted my signature and deposit and would find the car later. Now they are saying there is one on a boat and it could be 10 days or maybe a month. This does not work for me. Am I able to get my $1500 deposit back since our original agreement terms have changed? I simply do not want to work with this dealership and want out of the deal. Thanks!0
Hi albert72. Audi Financial Services' buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Q5 2.0 Premium with 12,000 miles per year are .00141 and 55% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
I believe that the MSRP of Audi Care is $740. Ir provides service at 15,000, 25,000, 35,000 and 45,000 mile intervals. That's $185 per service, which seems fairly expensive to me for a leased vehicle where I personally would only change the oil and rotate the tires.
There is a $1,000 owner loyalty cash incentive on leases of this truck. That's the only cash that I'm aware of.
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dnp9999 Posts: 1Hello Guys,
I got the following figures for a new Q5 lease.
2013 Audi Q5-Prem Plus
Lease Period-42 Months with 10000 miles per year
Down Payment-0
Monthly Payment - 670 USD (final negotiated price).
Is this a good deal ???
Any help is appreciated.0
speedyhen Posts: 5that sounds like a ridiculous/terrible deal to me. $670 for a q5 thats worth 45k?
id suggest looking at the cadillac srx or the lexus rx0
I agree with you very high lease payment. Suspect the deal may be better as the sweet spot for this lease is probably at 36 months rather than 42 months. If you could wait for March, may be able to get better deals on not only audi, but other manufacturers. This month money factors seem to be higher and incentives less or even non-existent.0
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Attached is the latest 2038 patch from the y2038 branch.
- Configure now probes for the safe range of the system's localtime() and gmtime(). Perl will use the system functions inside their safe range. [Thanks Merijn]
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Serial on-the-bubble comedy "Community" will make its cable TV premiere Sept. 15 on Comedy Central. That means all you folks who missed its early seasons on NBC—and there are many of you—have the chance to experience what you were missing.
The show's Comedy Central run begins with a 10-episode block of fan-favorite episodes from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CT Sept. 15, the network announced Thursday.
The cramming really begins Sept. 20, when the network will air four episodes of "Community" every Friday from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. beginning with Season 1. During the Friday premieres, super fans can use the hashtag #Community for a chance to see their tweets on-air.
NBC has said it plans to air the final episodes of "Community" in the coming 2013-14 season.
More from Comedy Central: To help prepare for the beginning of the term, COMEDY CENTRAL will schedule programming blocks of content that have featured the stars of "Community," along with college-themed movies and scholastic-themed episodes of its own original series at 8 p.m.-10 p.m. every Friday from Aug. 9 through Sept. 13.
The critically-acclaimed "Community" is a half-hour comedy series about a tight-knit study group at Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work. Among the series stars who comprise the group are Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash. "Community'" will return on NBC with its fifth season in midseason.
"Community" was created by Dan Harmon who serves as executive consultant. Russ Krasnoff is executive producer, along with Gary Foster, Moses Port and David Guarascio. Tristram Shapeero is executive producer/director. The series is a Krasnoff Foster Entertainment production, in association with Universal Media Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Fun with RSS and PL/SQL, Part One
Several varieties of the RSS format exist, so I will refer to them collectively as "feeds" (and when I say "RSS" I really mean any kind of feed).
RSS can be used to publish not just blogs, but also other kinds of information, such as news updates, audit trails, log entries, and so on.
The Alexandria library for PL/SQL contains RSS_UTIL_PKG, a package for publishing and parsing RSS feeds.
In this blog post I will describe how we can use this package to read (parse) RSS feeds. A follow-up post will describe how the same package can be used to publish any query as a feed.
Reading an RSS feed with SQL
The RSS_UTIL_PKG package contains a pipelined function named RSS_TO_TABLE which can be used in a SQL query to extract feed values.
A single line to read an RSS feed, that's not too shabby, eh?
Reading an RSS feed with PL/SQL
Another function in the RSS_UTIL_PKG is RSS_TO_LIST, which returns a PL/SQL associative array.
After the feed has been parsed to a list, you can loop through it and perform any required processing.
Of course you could also use the pipelined function in a cursor FOR loop, depending on your coding style.
Creating a report in Apex based on an RSS feed
Since you can use RSS_TO_TABLE in SQL statements, you can also use it as the basis for a report region in Apex.
Create a page and add a text item to input the URL of an RSS feed.
Then add a report region (classic or interactive) and use the following query as the report source:
Running the page produces the following result:
That's it for reading (parsing) RSS feeds. In my next blog post I will describe how to publish RSS feeds from the database using PL/SQL and SQL.
3 comments:
- Anton said...
Love the RSS package you made. I build myself a peronal rss-reader for myself in apex quite easy.
But here is my problem: The first, oh, 15 feed and ran throught the "select * from table(rss_util_pkg.rss_to_table(httpuritype('http://feedaddress').getclob())) worked fine. but one gave me problem. Namnly this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LookingForGroup.
The errors it gives me is:
ORA-01706: user function result value was too large
ORA-06512: at "SC2FOOD.RSS_UTIL_PKG", line 284
ORA-06512: at "SC2FOOD.RSS_UTIL_PKG", line 361
ORA-06512: at line 1
01706. 00000 - "user function result value was too large"
Thanks for any help or it might just help your progress of the package in the future.
- February 23, 2011
- Morten Braten said...
@Anton: The ORA-01706 error is related to a length limitation in the XML parser. This may (or may not) have been fixed in Oracle 11g, see this thread:
As noted in that thread, a workaround could perhaps be implemented using the DBMS_XMLDOM package.
- Morten
- February 23, 2011
This is really what I needed, great!
But I the Date field is null. How can I fix this?
- March 13, 2013


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Here are the updated fifth grade I Can checklists some of you have been waiting for!
Our common core standards checklists are just what you need to help you keep track of the standards taught in your classroom.
Use these to make sure you are addressing all that you need to teach throughout the course of the school year. Keep track of when you have introduced, retaught and assessed each indicator.
The most important parts of the common core are the anchor standards that carry through from kindergarten to high school. These have been included with each language arts checklist so that you don't lose sight of your essential goals for teaching and learning.
***Please keep in mind that these checklists are more to be used as a system of checks and balances in your teaching for the year and not so much a "check off" sheet for these indicators to be checked and thought of as "done". You will be teaching so many of these concepts during your small groups and one-on-one conferencing each and every day.
You have your choice of an editable Excel spreadsheet to type your dates and/or notes in the boxes OR you can simply print the PDF and write in the boxes.
**Note – you may have to play around with your margins to get them to print just the way you want them.
The first two resources are the more in depth explanatory standards provided on www.corestandards.org. You may want to print them and keep them in the front of a data binder for reference.
The first set of checklists have been created using the CCSS as they are found on www.corestandards.org and a second resource has been created using the I Can statements we created. Choose whichever suits your needs the best!
CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practice
Fifth Grade CCSS Checklist for ELA (Editable Excel) PDF
Fifth Grade CCSS Checklist for Math (Editable Excel) PDF
Fifth Grade CCSS "I Can" Checklist for ELA (Editable Excel) PDF
Fifth Grade CCSS "I Can" Checklist for Math (Editable Excel) PDF
Looking for another grade level to share with colleagues?
You will find the fourth grade checklists here: Fourth Grade Checklists
You will find the third grade checklists here: Third Grade Checklists
You will find the second grade checklists here: Second Grade Checklists
You will find the first grade checklists here: First Grade Checklists
You will find the new kindergarten checklists here: Kindergarten Checklists


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What the trust settings on your device mean
When you connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a computer or other device for the first time, an alert asks whether you trust the computer:
- Trusted computers can sync with your iOS device, create backups, and access your device's photos, videos, contacts, and other content. These computers remain trusted unless you change which computers you trust or erase your iOS device.
- If you choose not to trust a computer, you block its access to content on your device. You'll see the trust alert every time that you connect your iOS device to that computer.
Choose whether to trust a computer
- Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer or another device.
- Enter your passcode, if you have one, to unlock your iOS device.
- If you don't want to trust the computer or another connected device, tap Don't Trust on your iOS device. If you want to trust the computer or another device, tap Trust.
- If you're connected to a computer, tap Continue in iTunes. If you're connected to a different device, answer any remaining questions.
Change your settings for trusted computers
Your iOS device remembers the computers you've chosen to trust.
If you don't want to trust a computer or other device anymore, change the privacy settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy. Now when you connect to formerly trusted computers, the Trust alert will ask you whether you trust that computer.
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If you tap Trust or Don't Trust but iOS doesn't accept your answer, or if the Trust alert won't appear, follow these steps. Try again after each:
- Make sure that your computer has the latest version of iTunes.
- Disconnect and reconnect your iOS device from your computer.
- Restart your iOS device and your computer.
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We just got a few goodies in the mail about the HTC One X for AT&T from Radio Shack, and things look pretty good. The phone will be up for pre-order on April 22, cost $149 if pre-ordered, and be available on May 6. Additionally, customers will be able to use a code on their receipt to get free downloads of seven Coldplay songs, including a Radio Shack exclusive live recording of "Charlie Brown".
The documents tell us that Radio Shack employees will receive intensive training about the One X, and be able to answer just about any question the customer can throw at them. There's also an accessory list, and Zagg shields will be available at launch with cases coming in the month of May.
We've been over the international version with a fine tooth comb, and we're as excited as you folks are to get our hands on the AT&T version. It's looking like third-party retailers will have access to the phone the same day corporate AT&T stores do, making it easier to get. Options -- we love em. Hit the break to see the rest of the documents.
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Verbalizing Pain
Measure and Compare
The patient's statement is crucial in ensuring that a pain treatment will be successful. No one knows what the pain is like as well as the afflicted person in question. Pain is a purely subjective feeling. Everyone perceives pain differently. Pain that one person can put up with may be hardly bearable for another person. In order for the physician to develop the right pain treatment for his patient, it is important for him to have as much information as possible about the pain and its circumstances. The manifestations of the pain, the time of their appearance and their frequency, duration and above all their intensity all play a role in the process. Which is why it is necessary to measure pain.
Measuring Pain – But How?
Pain is a subjective sensation and the physician cannot objectively record it using measurement instruments like he can with blood pressure, pulse and temperature. The patient's personal perception takes center stage when measuring pain. But there are so-called "pain scales" which are used to make pain measurable and recognizable for the physician. They help determine the intensity of the pain. Patients can use this scale to classify their pain from "No pain" to "Maximum pain imaginable" by means of a slider. The current level of pain can be read on the back side on a scale of 0 ("No pain") to 10 ("Maximum pain imaginable"). This makes it possible to measure and compare pain.
Documenting Pain
The success of a pain treatment is measured by the patient's feeling of well-being. This depends on many factors: Are the medications taking effect? How are they being tolerated? During what daily activities do the pains appear or when do they disappear? The physician can find answers to these questions in a so-called "pain diary". This diary is used for the patient to document his pain. The times when the pain appears and their intensity are recorded, as well as which medications are taken and when and whether noteworthy incidents took place. This enables the patient and doctor to optimize the pain treatment.
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I have a server machine with ubuntu 9.10. I am trying to put in place an executable, which turns out to be the latest flashplayer (debugger version).
Somehow the file appears as present and executable, but when launching it the console indicates that the files does not exist:
rodrigo@ns360773:~/t_fplayer$ pwd
rodrigo@ns360773:~/t_fplayer$ ls -lh
total 12M
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rodrigo rodrigo 12M 2011-07-09 11:35 flashplayerdebugger
rodrigo@ns360773:~/t_fplayer$ ./flashplayerdebugger
-bash: ./flashplayerdebugger: No such file or directory
rodrigo@ns360773:~/t_fplayer$ ldd flashplayerdebugger
not a dynamic executable
using the same executable (copied via ssh) in my local machine works fine.
Any idea of what is going on? What can explain this behaviour?
Any idea how to fix this?


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The latest statistics show that Labour has 45 per cent female voter support while the Conservatives managed 29 per cent.
However, Mr Cameron is still just in the lead when it comes to male voters – with a one per cent advantage (36 points to 35).
Mr Cameron's 'women's problem', which has been recognised by his aides, has not been helped by gaffes such as telling Angela Eagle, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, to 'calm down dear' during a Commons debate in 2011. He has also faced continued criticism over the disproportionately negative effect his government's cuts have had on women and is likely to fall short of keeping his pledge of ensuring that a third of ministerial jobs taken up by women by 2015.
The Government's controversial decision to cut child benefit to anybody earning more than £50,000 a year, thus affecting 1.1 million families – many of which have a mother at home looking after the children, has not been well received and used as further evidence of the Prime Minister's problem with appealing to women.
In an interview with The Telegraph earlier this month, Dame Tessa Jowell, Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, said: "I think David Cameron is perceived by regular women as a sexist…however I don't think it is perception problem. I think it's a real problem."
The ICM poll for The Guardian marks a reversal in fortune for the Conservatives since the last general election – in which female support for the Tories stood at 36 per cent – well ahead of Labour who only secured 31 per cent.
Dame Tessa, who was Labour's Women's Minister twice, said she thought it was a big problem for the country that women are routinely the casualties of the Prime Minister's "blind spot".
"David Cameron has polling companies telling him that he has a problem appealing to women and then he announces a raft of changes which will disproportionately affect women, especially those mothers who stay at home, and it is like he is riding into a storm with a determination to make the problem even worse. His 'women problem' is all part of his failure to understand modern Britain," she explained.
At the end of last year a study found that 60 per cent of women in the UK believe that the current Government are not representative of who they are and find it difficult to relate to politicians.
The study, conducted by global research group Kantar, and exclusively seen by The Telegraph, also discovered that nearly half of British women feel that they are under-represented in politics and it is this alienation that may be reducing women's political participation.
Dr Michelle Harrison, a Whitehall advisor and head of political and social at Kantar, carried out the research and said of the findings: "We know that women are underrepresented at every level of British politics, particularly at the top. What is unknown is the true cost of this underrepresentation in terms of lost talent and wider disengagement.
"There is a danger that the status-quo has become self-perpetuating with women disengaged from a political system that fails to represent them, in turn fuelling a shortage of the talented female politicians needed to correct the imbalance."


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About GreenPirate
Someone tell us why we need this industry? Those people who lose their jobs can go work in insurance or some other legal field where you manipulate the law to prey on people for a living.
For the rest of us, who cares about the MPAA? I don't care. If they get hit by a meteorite and die today it will be a blurb on the news, probably followed by a week long celebration and sighs of relief and then the world will keep on "pirating" aka living the way we have always done.
MPAA is so insignificant and behind the pace of today's world that nothing they say deserves serious attention or critique.
If there is anything practical to be gained from this post, it is that we should turn deaf ears to these clowns and focus on being productive while they are busy trying to figure out wtf is going on.
We continue to innovate regardless of what they say. Innovators are not competitors today. Stand together as a relevant industry against this feeble tyrant.
Lawyers don't get paid based on sales figures. Lawyers get paid to "protect intellectual property" and advise copyright holders. Therefore, lawyers advise copyright holders that their "intellectual property" must be protected.
Copyright holders, in the meantime, are mostly idiots if they're still using copyright instead of getting on board with creative commons licensing.
:( The DoJ literally is the same content rights cartel that is keeping copyright law alive.
Because fuck school. That's why.
Great point. A single person's review should not be censored imo, unless it is outright slanderous. "This guy molests animals."
So why is it ok for the services to censor people but not the contractor?
Yelp and similar services that filter reviews are already censoring free speech and altering the way a business is portrayed.
For example, my girlfriend's business has received several 5 star reviews from her clients via Yelp, yet Yelp filters those reviews for whatever reason.
The one 4 star review is all they will display. If 9 out of 10 reviews are 5 stars it would speak differently than displaying a single 4 star review.
That's not so different from circumstances like we've seen in Iran, Tunisia, Egypt and Syria when governments chose to cut people's communications.
Does it bode well for regimes that choose to pull the plug on their citizens? It only sparked the entire Arab Spring. I think the governments are more afraid of us than we need to be of them.
As far as I know, Hollywood targets Democrats the most with their lobbying. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Anyway, this is not a partisan issue.
Even Jesus H. Christ prefers South Korean broadband for torrenting.
"Jesus LOVES file-sharing. The bible has long been shared for free. The pope has warned governments to lay off copyright enforcement against file-sharers. Jesus copied fish and bread for the poor knowing full well that He would later be crucified for it. The bible quotes Jesus, speaking of charity, saying that when you share with each other, you are sharing with Jesus. He says there is no greater way to serve Him. Seeding will put you on a fast track to salvation. In fact, right before posting this I prayed and Jesus confirmed that He is currently running a seedbox out of South Korea. I asked him 'why South Korea?' and He replied, simply, 'better bandwidth'. I also asked Him why I should capitalize words like 'he' and 'him' when it's not grammatically correct and that's when He stopped answering Me."
These cake photographers are the criminals responsible for creating the financial cliff. They should be hunted down and executed on site. The cake design industry can't be sustained as long as these thugs steal images of cakes and publish them without permission. If we lose cake in this country then Americans will need to eat up to three times as many cookies in order to maintain the current rate of obesity.
Yeah, the Wright brothers also should have never tried their stupid flying machine idea either. It was never obvious that it would fly. Why bother?
We are most fortunate to have individuals who are brave enough to try and fail until they get it right. If we had nothing but anonymous cowards in this world, we would still be living in caves.
Would a loss of economic progress hold up as well as "loss of sale" claims in court? Think of the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs because of this!
To sum up AC's statement, "New models need to improve while remaining bound to the old model." Though he may not realize it, AC is ultimately agreeing with this article.
RIAA is not as healthy as AC seems to be convinced. If only that proud ol' business model ran on belief!
site:torrentfreak.com riaa-revenue-dwindles-as-labels-cut-back-120817
There is a new model that is better. It's called file-sharing. It has smashed the old model and this article is a stellar example of why the old model prevents business new business models from competing with the undefeated champion that is internet piracy.
I am glad to see another writer putting this out there.
The same logic can be applied to all digital content. Here is a longer piece I did in 2010 exploring why digital content should be treated more as a service than as a product.