text:
China's official media expressed concerns this week that Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is using incendiary, militaristic, "Cold War" language that could serious harm relations between China and the United States.
Foreign Policy Magazine writes in, Chinese media slams Romney as convention begins that, "China's state-controlled media lashed out at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney Monday, warning that his policies would poison U.S.-China relations."
"Cold-War Mentality"
The magazine quotes China's state-controlled media,
"By any standard, the U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's China policy, as outlined on his official campaign website, is an outdated manifestation of a Cold War mentality," read a commentary in Monday's China Daily. "It endorses the 'China threat' theory and focuses on containing China's rise in the Asia-Pacific through bolstering the robust U.S. military presence in the region."
Romney's campaign website certainly does contain provocative anti-China language. The China & East Asia section contains the following,
In the face of China's accelerated military build-up, the United States and our allies must maintain appropriate military capabilities to discourage any aggressive or coercive behavior by China against its neighbors.
… The Department of Defense should reconsider recent decisions not to sell top-of-the-line equipment to our closest Asian allies. We should be coordinating with Taiwan to determine its military needs and supplying them with adequate aircraft and other military platforms.
A campaign promise to supply Taiwan with "top-of-the-line" military equipment is historically provocative. The language is not leaving wiggle room. It is not saying we should "consider" supplying Taiwan, is says we "should be" supplying them.
Taiwan is considered by China to be the territory of China, not a sovereign state. The United State officially "does not support" Taiwanese independence and places a condition that there be a peaceful outcome – a position the Romney campaign undermines.
The Soviet Union?
Reinforcing this idea of a "Cold-War mentality" in the Romney campaign, Romney advisers occasionally refer to Russia as "the Soviet Union."
The Romney campaign's web page on Russia begins by referring to the old Soviet Union, not Russia, in its first sentence with the following,
In a 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill famously called Russia "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."
This quote refers to the Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, not the current Russian Federation, which was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 — more than 20 years ago.


text:
Is there anything I can help you with today?
SOTI ONE is an integrated suite of mobility and IoT solutions. Each solution works on its own to solve today's toughest mobility challenges. But working together, SOTI ONE tears down mobility silos and connects everything: mobile devices, IoT endpoints, apps and back-office systems.
SOTI Assist is the industry's first Help Desk solution that is 'purpose-built' to fix mobile device problems. It incorporates SOTI's award-winning remote control technology and makes it easy to analyze and resolve mobile device and application issues from anywhere, at any time.
SOTI MobiControl makes mobility management easy. It simplifies the security and management of multi-vendor, multi form-factor and multi-operating devices in your multi-purpose business mobility deployment – all through a single, easy to use interface.
SOTI Snap is a cross-platform, rapid app development solution for business. It lets organizations build the mobile apps they need faster, cheaper and on time. You don't need coders, almost anyone can build an app by dragging and dropping only the components they need.
SOTI Pocket Controller is an advanced Help Desk solution with remote control functionality. It offers a suite of powerful features including real-time remote control, file/data transfer, registry editing, remote task management, remote scripting, soft/hard device resets and much more.
Become an Altitude Partner to take advantage of the unique differentiators of the SOTI ONE platform. Accelerate revenue, grow business mobility, and partner with the fastest growing mobility and IoT management solution on the market.
Submitting Data. Please Wait.
One of our Altitude team members will contact you shortly.
Please visit some of our links to learn more about SOTI ONE.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Brainerd Family YMCA will offer an American Health and Safety Institute CPR for the community and the work place course from 6:15-9:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the YMCA.
Participants will learn to recognize and respond to the signals of heart attack, cardiac arrest and stroke as well as other medical emergencies for adults, children and infants, including obstructed airway (choking), allergic reactions and drowning.
Participants will earn a two-year certification card.
Dianna Jenkins, a certified instructor with the American Safety & Health Institute, teaches this class.
Cost is $47 for YMCA members and $52 for community members. Class sizes are limited. Classes must be paid for at time of registration.
Online registration is available at brainerdlakesymca.org. For more information, contact Jane at the YMCA at 218-829-4767.


text:
Sci-MX Diet Pro Meal 1kg - Chocolate
Key Features
- SCIENTIFICALLY BALANCED MEAL: Diet-targeted protein to carb ratio ideal for nutrient support as part of a reduced calorie diet.
- FATTY ACID OXIDATION: Premium grade green tea extract increases the beta-oxidation of fatty acids leading to a reduction in body fat mass.
- METABOLIC SUPPORT: 50% recommended daily allowance of niacin, iodine and biotin contribute to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- ENERGY & VITALITY: Folic acid and niacin contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue to support normal energy levels when dieting.
- DIET SUPPORT: CLA supports a weight management diet by providing essential fatty acids the body is unable to produce.
|Free UK Delivery?
|Add one rounded scoop (50 grams) to 300ml of cool water. Mix thoroughly with a handheld shaker for about 30 seconds and enjoy. Have 2 to 3 servings daily (servings may be halved). This product is instantised so using an electric blender is not necessary.
|whey protein concentrate*, skimmed milk powder*, soy protein isolate, maltodextrin, cocoa powder, inuline, fructose, calcium caseinate*, MCT-oil, rice starch, phosphorus, sodium, stabilizer: cellulose gum, calcium* (from natural milk source), whey protein isolate*, flavouring, acetyl-l-carnitine, lactase enzymes, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid, sweetener: sucralose, chromium citrate, d-alpha tocopherol, niacin, d-calcium-pantothenate, pyridoxine-5-phosphate, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, biotin, retinol, folic acid, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin *Sources of milk protein and lactose.
|Nutritional Breakdown Per Serving
|Nutrition Information Per serving (50 g) Energy 750kJ / 177kcal Protein 25 g Carbohydrates 15 g of which sugars 2g Fat 1.69 g of which saturates 0.96g
Delivery and Return Details
Free Delivery:
Free delivery to mainland GB addresses on orders over £99 are by either a parcel courier or a pallet courier. See below for further information.
Standard Timescales:
Expected delivery is within 3-7 business days.
One Man Pallet Delivery:
Expected delivery is 3 - 5 business days. All deliveries are made Monday - Friday between 7am and 6pm. These are kerbside only. We advise having two bodies available to help the courier with larger or heavy deliveries. Please note, Powerhouse Fitness advise against one man delivery for larger or heavy orders.
Express Delivery:
Order before 3pm for delivery within 48 hours. Available on selected products only and subject to availability. Friday after 3pm, Saturday and Sunday orders will normally be delivered on a Tuesday.
Two Man/Ground Floor Delivery: (Up to a maximum of 350kgs)
This service is available on larger orders or premium priced products. You will be called to book a delivery day in advance. Subject to suitable and safe access, the couriers will place the product into a ground floor room of your choice.
Parcel Delivery:
All parcels will require a signature.
Please note: Any installations ordered during the month of December will be carried out in January 2019. Installations are a two-man service and are booked with you in advance. Installations are normally within 10-14 working days.
Life Fitness Install is UK mainland only
Commercial/Business Orders Delivery:
For commercial gyms/studios please call the sales team to discuss delivery and installation options.
Delivery times can increase during busy periods of the year. Please call to confirm current lead times if you require a quicker or dated delivery.
Different Deliver Address / ID Checks
We can carry out further checks to verify the cardholders details, such as requesting identification. We will never ask for any sensitive information to be sent to us. Please note the confirmation email is an acknowledgement and is not an acceptance of your order
Delayed Delivery
If you are looking for an extended delivery time or to delay the dispatch of your order please call us as charges may apply.


text:
Kendall Gill, a Chicago Bulls analyst for Comcast SportsNet Chicago, has been removed from on-air duties after being involved in a physical altercation with Big Ten Network analyst Tim Doyle.
The incident occurred after a taping of "Sports Talk Live" in the Comcast SportsNet studio newsroom Tuesday night.
Sources told the Chicago Tribune that Gill confronted Doyle after the taping because of critical comments made by Doyle regarding Gill's assessment of Monday night's Bulls-Denver game; the game ended in a controversial call by the officials that wiped out a potential game-winning basket by Joakim Noah in overtime.
Gill, who starred at Illinois and had a long NBA career that included a brief stint with the Bulls, will be off the air at least temporarily while the matter is being investigated, according to a statement released Tuesday night by CSN Chicago news director Kevin Cross.
The Chicago Tribune contributed to this report.
PHOTO: Former Illinois and NBA player Kendall Gill throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the start of a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Seattle Mariners at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday, June 1, 2012. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune / June 1, 2012)


text:
Log In
INSTICC Portal
Conference Details
Program Committee
Keynote Lectures
Best Paper Awards
Satellite Events
Special Sessions
Doctoral Consortium
Open Communications
European Project Space
Academic Partners
Industrial Partners
Institutional Partners
Media Partners
Partner Events
Publication Partners
Previous Conferences
Invited Speakers
Books Published
Sponsored by:
Co-organized by:
INSTICC is Member of:
Logistics Partners:
European Project Space
The European Project Space (EPS) provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners involved in ongoing or past European research projects to present the objectives and outcomes of these projects as well as future plans regarding continuation opportunities. The presentation of demos, posters and panels at the same venue and simultaneously with several related conferences allow a large audience among conference participants to get a better insight into the research projects that participate in this initiative. Additionally, representatives of the European Commission will address the audience and present new research projects financing
opportunities related to Horizon 2020
The EPS that will be held in Vienna is related to , involving a related conference namely
, to provide insights into
cutting edge research work
and R&D projects, originating from Academia or Industry, either in Europe or elsewhere. This initiative intends to create opportunities for knowledge and technology sharing, and establish the basis for future collaboration networks involving current project partners and interested conference delegates.
The European Project Space allows several forms of participation:
Lease of an exhibition area (2x2m with a table, chair, electrical power plugs and internet connection for distributing information or for demonstration purposes)
Poster Display A0 (84 cm X 118 cm) portrait format
Demonstration of project results either orally (20 minute presentation) or with the lease of an exhibition area
Panel/Round Table
Organization of a
special session
, a
or a
, focused on the project topics of research to be held in conjunction with the main conference
Interested parties are welcome to participate with one or more forms. Each can choose the combination of participation forms that consider better suited for maximizing the impact of their presence.
Important Dates
Speakers and participants will be asked to register to the conference (after the proposal acceptance). Please check the European Project Space fees at the conference
registration fees
All projects presented at the venue will be invited, after the event, to write a book chapter related to the project presentations to be included in a book to be published by
. This book aims at being an opportunity to disseminate information about the projects presented at the European Project Space.
Last update: 18-05-2019 · ©


text:
North Korea's failed attempt to launch the Unha-3, a new three-stage long-range ballistic missile, is for obvious reasons welcome. More than anything else it demonstrates limits to the DPRK's technical prowess. And it means that the United States and the world have more time before they must contend with the possibility that the world's most closed and militarized country has the capacity to launch missiles, conceivably with nuclear warheads, across great distances.
But any sigh of relief must be tempered. First, the fact that the test took place at all in the face of widespread international opposition demonstrates North Korea's ability to defy external pressure and isolation. It also means that China, the country with the most influence over North Korea, is still unwilling to use that influence in a decisive manner.
Second, North Korea remains a serious military threat. It still possesses as many as a dozen nuclear warheads, proven short-range missiles, and a formidable conventional fighting force. It is as much an army with a country as vice-versa.
Third and perhaps most immediate, the test's failure constitutes a humiliating setback for the country's new leader, Kim Jong-un. It is likely that a principal reason for the launch was to signal his emergence and consolidate his authority. There is thus a real risk that he will turn to a tried and true path to accomplish the same ends.
If history is any guide, this suggests that a test of a nuclear warhead or some sort of aggressive military action -- for example, an artillery strike -- against South Korea could be in the offing. And if this latter scenario occurs, South Korea, unlike on previous occasions, is almost certain to retaliate. And if this happens, escalation and a serious armed clash on the Korean Peninsula, territory where the United States, China, Japan, and others all have vital interests, could well materialize. This last outpost of the Cold War, ignored or forgotten by many, retains the potential to constitute a major threat to post-Cold War international order.
Cross-posted from the Council on Foreign Relations.


text:
The Foussana Collection is inspired by the beguiling limestones of Tunisia, which are characterized by monochromatic beige, grey and brown tones and gentle movement of veining and fossils. Foussana replicates these characteristics to the last detail and offers a silky smooth surface finish that feels like brushed stone. Made from durable porcelain, Foussana can be used in showers and other wet environments where many grey and brown limestones are not recommended. Foussana is a perfect surface for interiors both modern and traditional.
Residential: All interior surfaces, exterior walls and pool lines. Commercial: All interior surfaces, including heavy pedestrian traffic flooring. Exterior walls and water features. See Resources | Usage Guide for more details.


text:
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad: Celebrating the Games. Sydney : a profile
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
JOURNEY OF THE FLAME page
LIFE IN THE VILLAGES ApE
THE COMPETITION page
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2000 Olympic Games Aboriginal artists athletes Atlanta Australian Beach beat bronze medallist celebration Chapter Five Chapter Three cheered China clean and jerk coach competing competitors contest crowd Cuba cultural Darling Harbour defeated diving event excitement favourite final finish flame France freestyle Germany gold medallist gymnastics host Japan Juan Antonio Samaranch jump Korea lead ltaly men's modern pentathlon nation Netherlands Olympic champion Olympic record Olympic Stadium Olympic Torch Relay Olympic Village Opening Ceremony Opera House organisers performance played players points quarterfinals race riders Romania round Russian Federation Russian Federation's score semifinal silver medal silver medallist spectators sport sprint swimming Sydney 2000 Games Sydney 2000 Olympic Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Opera House Sydney's taekwondo third took torchbearers tournament venues victory volleyball Volume Two Chapter weightlifting winner won gold won the bronze world champion world championships world record


text:
Mitochondrial Myopathies (MM)
Mitochondrial Myopathies (MM)
What are mitochondrial myopathies?
Just as some diseases are named for the part of the body they affect (like heart disease), mitochondrial diseases are so named because they affect a specific part of the cells in the body. Specifically, mitochondrial diseases affect the mitochondria — tiny energy factories found inside almost all our cells.
A mitochondrial disease that causes prominent muscular problems is called a mitochondrial myopathy (myo means muscle, and pathos means disease), while a mitochondrial disease that causes both prominent muscular and neurological problems is called a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy (encephalo refers to the brain). See Types of Mitochondrial Myopathies for more on nine specific mitochondrial diseases.
What are the symptoms of mitochondrial myopathies?
Muscular and neurological problems — such as muscle weakness, exercise intolerance, hearing loss, trouble with balance and coordination, seizures and learning deficits — are common features of mitochondrial disease, because muscle cells and nerve cells have especially high energy needs. Other frequent complications include impaired vision, heart defects, diabetes and stunted growth.
Usually, a person with a mitochondrial disease has two or more of these conditions, some of which occur together so regularly that they're grouped into syndromes. For more, see the diagram to the right and Signs and Symptoms.
The main problems associated with mitochondrial disease — low energy, free radical production and lactic acidosis — can result in a variety of symptoms in many different organs of the body.
The diagram to the right depicts common symptoms of mitochondrial disease. Most affected people have some, but not necessarily all, of these problems.
What causes mitochondrial myopathies?
Mitochondrial myopathies are caused by mutations, or changes, in genes — the cells' blueprint for making proteins. They are inheritable, although they can occur with no family history, and they often affect members of the same family in different ways. For more, see Causes/Inheritance.
What is the progression of mitochondrial myopathies?
The age of onset and progression of mitochondrial myopathy varies greatly from type to type. See Types of Mitochondrial Myopathies for more information about the course of each disease.
What is the status of research on mitochondrial myopathies?
MDA-funded scientists have identified many of the genetic defects that cause mitochondrial diseases, and they've used that knowledge to create animal models of many of them. Understanding the genetic defects that cause mitochondrial myopathies opens up the possibility of developing treatments for these diseases. See Research for more.


text:
On the day in early January when talks over a long-running tax dispute between Glaxo SmithKline and the Internal Revenue Service broke off, Glaxo's share price fell nearly 2 percent. And no wonder. The IRS wants the U.K.-based pharmaceutical giant to cough up more than $5 billion in taxes, penalties, and interest, more than half of operating cash flow.
The dispute involves transfer pricing—specifically, the rate Glaxo charged for marketing services supplied by its U.S. affiliate from 1989 to 1996. The IRS maintains that the rate was far too low, and thus vastly understated Glaxo's income subject to U.S. tax during that period. Now the case is headed for the U.S. Tax Court, where hearings could begin as early as next year.
Corporate tax directors are taking a keen interest in the case—particularly at multinational enterprises, for which transfer pricing is the most important international tax issue. According to transfer-pricing experts, the IRS's decision to take Glaxo to court reflects new thinking on the part of the agency. They say the new thinking is enshrined in new regulations, proposed by the IRS last September. The rules would radically change how the U.S. tax authority treats services supplied to parent companies by affiliates in other tax jurisdictions (and vice versa)—including jurisdictions that offer enough tax incentives to be considered havens. "The new rules will allow the IRS to deal with this issue much more effectively," observes Deloris Wright, a principal in the Denver office of consulting firm The Analysis Group.
The proposed regulations have already spawned controversy, as was evident at an IRS hearing in mid-January. "Largely unworkable" was the judgment offered by Hank Wagner, senior counsel for the Mount Olive, New Jersey-based affiliate of German chemical maker BASF. Wagner's testimony cited the "enormous complexity" and "unreliability" of key provisions, which he said would impose compliance costs on multinational corporate taxpayers that would "exceed any benefit the new rule[s] will provide."
Others worry that the new rules could subject multinational companies to huge increases in U.S. taxes. The concern is particularly acute for midsize growth companies, says Jim Silvestri, director of worldwide taxes for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., a software developer based in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Heartburn for Multinationals
Under current tax rules, transfer pricing of services can be reported at cost as long as those services are deemed not integral to the business. Those that are integral must be priced as if they were offered by a third party, which usually amounts to cost plus a markup that would be appropriate in an arm's-length transaction. What's integral, of course, is subject to interpretation, as is the question of a suitable markup. And as Glaxo and other cases show, the IRS has had some difficulty getting the tax court to side with it.
The proposed new rules do away with the safe harbor for nonintegral services. Instead, they require those services to be priced, for starters, at cost-plus (called the simplified cost-based method). The markup must be demonstrably close to what is available from a third party. If the third-party markup exceeds 10 percent, a company would have to use one of five other methods (see "No Ports in This Storm," at the end of this article).
Certain services, such as insurance and research and development, are explicitly excluded from the simplified cost-based method, while others may not qualify because they fall into such broad but ambiguous categories as "valuable" or "unique" (see "More Fine Print," at the end of this article). Companies worry that even some low-margin back-office services won't qualify for cost-plus treatment.
Not surprisingly, the IRS contends that any additional tax burden for multinationals resulting from the new rules may be completely appropriate. To understand why, consider the Glaxo case, which focuses on the firm's popular ulcer drug, Zantac. Observers note that Glaxo depends heavily on marketing and distribution efforts in the United States for sales of Zantac in this country. Those services are performed through a U.S.-based affiliate. Meanwhile, Glaxo's R&D efforts for the drug are conducted in the United Kingdom.
According to the IRS, much more of Zantac's value is derived from marketing efforts than from R&D, because the drug is number two in the market. The IRS's position is that R&D may explain the success of a "pioneer" drug (that is, the first product to treat a given disease state); however, subsequent market entrants are successful primarily due to the marketing acumen of the company. But Glaxo's transfer pricing doesn't reflect that value. Glaxo contends that Zantac's value is largely produced by R&D, because the drug is different enough to make the U.K. patent that Glaxo holds on it the key to its value. "We expect to prevail in U.S. Tax Court," says a company spokesperson. The IRS declined comment.
Huge Stakes
How big are the stakes for companies that may face a similar challenge over their transfer pricing? Numbers are hard to come by, but The Analysis Group's Wright assumes that a typical multinational pharmaceutical company spends 4 percent of its revenues on corporatewide IT and other support services, and spends another 15 percent on marketing and distribution. Under current IRS rules, if those marketing and distribution activities took place in the United States, the U.S. taxpayer could be expected to earn a modest markup on these costs, typically between 5 and 10 percent.
Under the new rules, the company would have to add a markup based on its estimate of what it would pay a third party for those services, recognizing the value created by the services. But the company would have to prove that such a markup was appropriate, based on market prices or "comparables." If it couldn't do so within a margin of error that grows increasingly narrow as the markup rises, tax could very well be owed according to the affiliate's share of the profits earned in the U.S. market, based on its value added; that is, the value of the marketing relative to R&D. In the case of the average multinational drug company, says Wright, if it has a gross margin of 80 percent, such a profit split could mean the U.S. company should earn a significant chunk of the gross profit, or as much as 30 or 40 percent of revenue. That's as much as eight times what the company would report under current IRS rules.
Wright suggests it's safe to assume that roughly the same profit-and-tax analysis applies to multinationals in such industries as technology and chemicals. Many, in fact, besides drugmakers have marketing operations in the United States, which under current rules can be reported at cost or at a modest markup (or "charged out" for tax purposes) without challenge by the IRS—as long as the services performed are nonintegral. Not so under the proposed regulations.
Experts say the IRS's obvious targets are U.S. companies that have set up manufacturing operations in tax havens. Under the new rules, they could get hit with big tax bills based on the profits generated there, if they are deemed to have transferred engineering know-how in the process. In that case, the IRS may require the parent company to report not the cost of the compensation of employees who transferred the engineering know-how plus a markup, but a share of the profit that would reflect the value of a license agreement that a third party would pay for the intangible asset involved, even when the actual terms of the arrangement are contractual.
"The idea," says John Breen, a senior technical reviewer in the international division of the IRS, "is to bring the rules for transferring intangibles embedded in services into line with those for transferring intangibles in general."
Foreign jurisdictions see things differently, at least at present. The current IRS rules are similar to those in the 29 other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). And that means that, should the new IRS rules be ratified, one or more of those foreign tax authorities could add insult to injury. If another OECD member disagrees with the IRS interpretation of proper transfer pricing, the parent or subsidiary in that country would still owe tax on the portion of profit subject to tax in the United States—subjecting that amount to double taxation.
The United States and other OECD members agree that double taxation is unfair, but the process for seeking relief can take up to five years even under current regulations. And because of the additional complications of the proposed rules, says Cognizant's Silvestri, "you're going to add to that [period] by several years."
Battling Abuse
Some experts nonetheless concede that the existing rules governing intercompany services, created in 1968 and amended in 1996, are out of date. In essence, these observers say, the IRS is trying to overcome a legal precedent set by the U.S. Tax Court in 1992 in a case involving Westreco, a U.S. subsidiary of Switzerland-based Nestlé, the chocolate giant. At issue was contract research that Westreco did for Nestlé that the latter reported to the IRS at cost plus a percentage markup. While the tax service argued that the reported markup was too low based on the value of the R&D, the court sided with Nestlé.
Now the IRS worries that such arrangements have only grown more numerous as corporate profits increasingly reflect the value of services rather than products. Even some critics of the new rules acknowledge that some companies have engaged in tax abuse by compensating foreign affiliates for valuable services at a much higher price than is appropriate. One reportedly common abuse is to contract with an R&D affiliate in a high-tax country on a cost-plus basis at the outset of the work, and then to restructure the terms once the R&D is successful to provide a subsidiary in a tax haven with much of the profits.
"There are lots of tax plans being sold by consultants who say, 'Hey, you've got all these intangibles in the U.S., and we can show you a way to move them to a tax haven offshore,'" notes Janice Lucchesi, vice president of tax for the Chicago-based affiliate of Akzo Nobel NV, a Dutch manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and coatings products. Still, she contends that existing rules already enable the IRS to go after such abuses. "In those cases, 'TaxhavenCo' didn't pay a high enough price for transferring the assets offshore, and the IRS should go back and adjust the toll," says Lucchesi.
And while the outcome of the Westreco case suggests that the IRS may find that difficult to do, the new rules "cast the net too wide," says Robert Ackerman, national director of transfer-pricing services for Ernst & Young. He notes that the new rules are riddled with ambiguities that could be turned by the IRS into audit weapons with which to pursue additional revenue from companies that aren't engaged in abuse. For instance, the IRS says even back-office services may not qualify for cost-plus treatment if they are "high value," "highly integrated," or "nonroutine"—all terms that Ackerman and other critics say are woefully ill-defined.
The IRS acknowledges that low-margin back-office functions, such as payroll, accounting, and bookkeeping services, may add little if any value beyond their cost savings. But the agency contends that some services—such as those using internally developed software, for example—might have great value and therefore shouldn't be evaluated on a cost-plus basis, even if the apparent markup is sizable. "A markup of 30 or 40 percent might in theory be the right number for such a high-value service," says the IRS's Breen, "but you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell based on the metric used for calculating it." For that reason, the new rules say that if a markup exceeds 10 percent, a company may have to value the service based on the subsidiary's share of the parent's profits or another, more-appropriate method.
In the end, the IRS sees potential tax avoidance where companies see cost savings. Many companies, for instance, manufacture in China to take advantage of inexpensive labor. But they do so under contract instead of a license not for tax purposes, but because they don't want to jeopardize their intellectual property in a country notorious for piracy. "We aren't trying to avoid tax," says one tax executive at a multinational with Chinese operations. "We're simply trying to protect our intellectual-property rights."
Under the proposed IRS regulations, however, companies such as Akzo Nobel would most likely no longer be able to do both.
Ronald Fink is a deputy editor of CFO.
No Ports in This Storm
The new transfer-pricing proposed by the Internal Revenue Service last September would scrap the current safe harbor for services that are "nonintegral" to a company's business. Instead, multinational companies' pricing of such services must reflect not just the cost but also an appropriate markup based on what an independent third party would charge for the services. What's more, if the markup involved in such a "simplified cost-based method" of transfer pricing exceeds 10 percent, the type of service is one of those specifically excluded from transfer pricing according to this method, or is otherwise deemed not to be the "best method" of determining the price, one of five other methods must be employed. Their characterization below is drawn from an article by Thomas M. Zollo, Christopher P. Bowers, and Jeffrey P. Cowan, all with KPMG, entitled "Transfer Pricing for Services: the New Wave Hits," published this month by CCH Inc.
- Comparable Uncontrolled-Services Price Method. Under this method, the arm's-length nature of charges for intercompany services would be evaluated using the prices charged in an "uncontrolled-services" transaction for services that are identical or have a high degree of similarity.
- Gross Service Margin Method. This method would test whether the amount charged in a controlled-services transaction is arm's length by reference to the gross services profit margin realized in an uncontrolled-services transaction that involves similar services.
- Cost of Services-Plus Method. The cost-plus method would measure arm's-length services charges by reference to the gross services profit markup in comparable uncontrolled transactions.
- The Comparable-Profits Method. This method would apply the arm's-length standard by analyzing the profit-level indicators from financial information regarding uncontrolled taxpayers performing similar services under similar circumstances.
- Profit-Split Method. The proposed regulations would extend the use of the comparable profit-split and residual profit-split methods used under current regulations for transferring products to transactions involving controlled services. These methods evaluate whether the allocation of combined profit or loss is arm's length by reference to the relative value of each controlled taxpayer's "contributions" to the combined operating profit or loss.
More Fine Print
Under new rules for transfer pricing that the Internal Revenue Service proposed last September, certain types of service transactions are specifically excluded from the simplified cost-based method, including the following:
- Manufacturing, production, extraction, or construction.
- Reselling, distribution, acting as a sales or purchasing agent, or acting under a commission arrangement.
- Research, development, or experimentation; engineering or scientific activities.
- Financial transactions (including guarantees), insurance, or reinsurance.
Note that even if a services transaction does not fit into any of the above categories, it may be ineligible for the simplified cost-based method for other reasons.


text:
TeresaTaylor on Family Tree Circles
sort: Date Alphabetical
view: full | list
view: full | list
Journals and Posts
looking for family history on Taylor from Kingisland
Hi my name is teresa I am looking for more TAYLOR back ground where I started from what gene pull I have on my fathers side his name is ROBERT JAMES TAYLOR his mother was ERELEEYN TAYLOR which was married to I think KEITH TAYLOR all I know is that the great grandparents of mine not sure which side they were 7 foot something both male and female .
I want to know the blood line .
- Displaying 1-1 of 1 Journals
- 1
- of1


text:
Search for:
skip to main
skip to sidebar
I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you.
Funny Scorpio Ecards
Funny Scorpio Pics
Funny Scorpio Quotes
Scorpio Quotes Images
Scorpio Sayings Images
Scorpio Sexy Quotes
Quotes by Scorpio:
I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you.
Email This
Share to Twitter
Share to Facebook
Newer Post
Older Post
Search scorpioquotes.com
Popular on Scorpio Quotes
100 Facts About Scorpio
33 Minimalist Phoenix Tattoo Ideas
12 Quotes about SCORPIO - TAURUS Relationships
19 Quotes about SCORPIO-PISCES Relationships
39 Quotes about Scorpio Love Relationships
Scorpio Stages
11 Quotes about SCORPIO-SAGITTARIUS Relationships
You Know You're a Scorpio When (27 things)
Copyright © 2018
Scorpio Quotes
All Right Reserved


text:
Hello from Jo and Kelli at Jo's Country Junction. We had a great fun designing and creating this full sized quilt using Zen Chic's, Juggling Summer, fabric line. The quilt is destined to be a gift for our neighbor girl who is my daughter's best friend, Regan. She is the sweetest gal you could know.
Good news, too… There is a giveaway of a Juggling Summer Fat Quarter bundle happening on my blog so follow this link and check it out.
5 1/4 Yards Black Accent Fabric 1503 25
2 3/4 Yards Cream Fabric 1503 27
6 Yards Backing Fabric for Backing and Border
The cutting instructions make use of an Easy Angle Ruler. If you aren't familiar with using the ruler. Here is a tutorial to help you.
Cutting Instructions:
From the black accent fabric:
Cut 10 ~ 1 1/2″ strips. Sub cut into 272 1 1/2″ squares.
Cut 28 ~ 2 1/2″ strips. Sub cut into 360 triangles using a Companion Angle Ruler.
Cut 8 ~ 4″ strips for the border.
From the cream fabric:
Cut 30 ~ 2 1/2″ strips. Sub cut into 720 triangles using an Easy Angle Ruler
Cut 10 ~ 1 1/2″ strips. Sub cut into 78 ~ 1 1/2″ X 4 1/2″ rectangles. Sub cut 8 ~ 2 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ rectangles. Sub cut 4 ~ 1 1/2″ squares.
From the fat quarter bundle:
Set aside the creamy fabrics and the black fabric that matches the accent color.
From the remaining fat quarters:
Cut each fat quarter into 2 1/2″ strips. Layer two of the pieces wrong sides together. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. The blocks need mirror image pieces and the best way to get them is to have your fabric wrong sides together when you cut.
Using the companion angle ruler cut triangles.
Again layer two pieces on top of each other. Using a companion angle ruler cut off the corner. After the corner is cut off, position a ruler on the pieces as shown lining the ruler up on the two inch line. Cut.
Continue cutting.
Each block needs four of the companion angle triangles and four of the parallelograms. You will also need eight white triangles.
You can get five blocks from each fat quarter. You will need a total of 90 blocks all together.
Sewing these blocks together is a little tricky.
When sewing the parallelograms, pieces need to be placed as shown.
Start by making the inner *56* blocks. (The outer blocks are just a little different)
Sew the pieces together in strips as shown.
Sew the strips together to create the block.
Make 56 of them.
Now we need to make the *16* side blocks.
Make strips as you did before. But this time, you will need to create the small black edge triangle pieces on each strip. To do that, lay a black square on the corner. Sew on the diagonal.
Trim and press open.
Create the shown strips.
Sew the strips together to create the block.
Next we need the top and bottom blocks. There are *14* of them.
Create using the same methods adding two black triangles to the blocks as shown.
Next we need the corner blocks. Create them using the same methods. You need *2* like this.
You need *2* like this.
Lay the quilt out making sure to keep the inner blocks in the inside, the top and side blocks in place and the corner blocks in place. Sew in rows. Then sew the rows together to create the inner quilt top.
Time to make the inner border. It is made using the 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ cream pieces and the 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ black squares.
Create 78 of these. Sew them together in strip sets. 2 sets of 17 each and 2 sets of 19 each.
Using the 2 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ cream rectangles and the 1 1/2″ black squares create 4 of these and 4 of these.
Add one to each end of the border strips using the diagram below as a guide. Make sure to match your seams.
Attach the long inner border pieces to the quilt.
Sew the cream 1 1/2″ squares to the remaining inner border strips. Attach the strips to the quilt.
Sew the outer border pieces together. Add the outer borders.
Cut the backing piece in half. Seam the two pieces to create a backing.
Sandwich the top, batting and backing. Quilt as desired. Bind by cutting 2 1/2″ strips from the leftover backing fabric. Bind.
Grab a good book, a cup of coffee and cozy in with this gorgeous quilt! Measures approximately 83″ x 91″
Jo and Kelli Kramer


text:
Regular price
All Rockstar Original jeans have a reinforced, ribbed topstitching combined with the articulating knee panels to provide the Massimo denim jeans with a cool and edgy look. These modern men's designer jeans amplify a basic look with precisely engineered paneling and promote freedom of movement from the stretch construction.
Due to the high volume of sales in our Outlet, many products have limited availability in different sizes. Please select your size below to only view available products in your size


text:
Roy Hodgson's first game as England manager ended well and should at least encourage the sense that the team are not going into Euro 2012 in a complete state of disrepair. The preparations may have been chaotic, and Norway were certainly obliging opponents, but Hodgson's priority had been to create a side who would be difficult to break down and it should not be overlooked this was the first time their opponents had lost at home for two years.
After so little time together, that represents a satisfying evening's work for Hodgson even if there were pockets of the game when their carelessness with the ball would have been punished by a more accomplished side. The rough edges were probably inevitable when Hodgson has had so little time to work with his players but, at other times, England looked assured and in control, particularly in the first half after the goal from Ashley Young that soothed any first-game nerves and, ultimately, led to a first win over Norway since 1980.
The team are clearly still a work in progress, to use Hodgson's own's description, but in terms of defensive structure the best compliment that can probably be paid to the new manager is that nobody would ever have known they were a side cobbled together on the back of only three training sessions. Rob Green was troubled only sporadically on his first appearance since the World Cup and every member of a completely new-look defence played with distinction when Norway came forward looking for an equaliser in the last half an hour. If nothing else, it demonstrated Hodgson's work over the previous week on the team's structure and organisation. Now they just have to learn to take better care of the ball.
The disappointment came in the way the team did not build on their early superiority, when Young was an elusive opponent, driving down the channels, and his partnership with Andy Carroll left the clear impression that Hodgson has chosen the right combination as he tries to compensate for Wayne Rooney's suspension from the first two Euro 2012 matches.
Carroll certainly rose to the challenge of replacing Rooney, looking sharp and confident and generally continuing where he left off from Liverpool at the end of the season. The striker has endured some difficult times and occasionally there were reminders that he is still far from the finished product, such as the moment in the first half when his misplaced pass went straight out for a Norway throw-in. Ultimately, though, he can reflect on a productive performance. He was the stand-out player in the opening half, eager to impress and dovetailing neatly with his new striker partner.
Later, his aerial presence helped the team combat Norway's attacks to the extent that Hodgson abandoned his plans to bring on Jermain Defoe purely because Carroll was proving so useful defensively.
Beside him, Young was lively and elusive, always looking to get beyond the Norwegian defence. Young turned past Brede Hangeland for his goal as if he were going round a training-ground cone rather than one of the Premier League's better defenders. It was a confident side-footed finish beyond the goalkeeper, Rune Almenning Jarstein, and Hodgson was so encouraged he spoke afterwards of wanting the Manchester United player to become as important to the national team as Rooney.
The early goal had therapeutic effects and England were rarely threatened during the remainder of the first half. Norway have beaten France, Portugal and the Czech Republic here in the last two years but it was not until the second half that they began to play like the home side. Their manager, Egil Olsen, spoke of being surprised that his players had had so much of the ball and Theo Walcott, one of six England substitutes, suffered the ignominy of being nutmegged twice in quick succession by John Arne Riise.
All the same, there were only three occasions in the match when Green saved his team. Leighton Baines confirmed he is a capable deputy for Ashley Cole at left-back while Phil Jagielka, promoted from the standby list, put in an assured performance alongside Joleon Lescott and Phil Jones was generally assured at right-back. How strange it is that not one of these defenders may be involved when we get to the real business of the France game in Donetsk on 11 June.
It may even be that all four drop out for the final warm-up game against Belgium next Saturday, by which time Hodgson expects Glen Johnson to be fit and John Terry, Gary Cahill and Ashley Cole will have reported for duty.
The downside came in the form of the groin injury that is threatening Gareth Barry's participation in the tournament and meant Steven Gerrard's half-time replacement was forced off after 73 minutes. Gerrard's withdrawal was pre-planned and nothing to do with the lunging challenge that forced Norway's right-back, Tom Hogli, out of the game. However, Hodgson will know it was the kind of over-exuberance to which referees in Poland and Ukraine might take exception.
With so many substitutes, it was probably only to be expected that England would look slightly dishevelled in the second half.
Jones and Young were both withdrawn after complaining of tight hamstrings. As for Barry, Hodgson's expression afterwards was of a man who feared the worst. With England, there always seems to be a cloud attached to every silver lining.
NORWAY Jarstein; Hogli (Ruud 40), Demidov, Hangeland, Riise; Tettey (Jenssen 90); Elyounoussi, Henriksen (Berisha 84), Braaten (Huseklepp 74), Pedersen (Grindheim 62); Abdellaoue Subs not used Pettersen, Madsen.
ENGLAND Green; Jones (Kelly 88), Jagielka, Lescott, Baines; Milner, Parker (Walcott 56), Gerrard (Barry ht; Henderson 73), Downing (Johnson 85); Young (Oxlade-Chamberlain 72); Carroll Subs not used Hart, Defoe


text:
LSU in the Women's Final Four
LSU Sports Interactive
2008 Women's Final Four
First Round (Baton Rouge, La.)
LSU Completes the Drive For Five to Reach Fifth Straight Final Four
Under first-year and Hall of Fame head coach Van Chancellor, LSU was seeking its fifth straight appearance in the Final Four, and with the leadership of eight seniors to guide the team, a run to the promise land seemed inevitable.
Chancellor guided the team to a 31-6 overall record, the program's fourth straight season with 30 or more wins, and an undefeated regular season record in the Southeastern Conference at 14-0.
After reaching the SEC Tournament championship game for the fourth consecutive season, the Lady Tigers were awarded the No. 2 seed in the New Orleans Region.
For the first time since 2004, LSU hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and the Lady Tigers had little trouble advancing to New Orleans.
In the first round against Jackson State, LSU's smothering defense held Jackson State to 32 points, the second lowest total of the season.
The Lady Tigers also recorded 15 steals against Jackson State, the highest total of the season. All-American Sylvia Fowles led LSU in three statistical categories with 16 points, seven rebounds and six steals in the 66-32 LSU victory.
LSU faced seventh-seeded Marist in the second round, and the Red Foxes entered the game with an impressive 32-2 record. In what proved to be the final game in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for LSU's eight seniors, the Lady Tigers ran past Marist in the second half to win 68-49 after leading the Red Foxes by two at halftime, 29-27.
Fowles recorded a double double with 19 points and 13 rebounds while Erica White poured in 15 points, swiped four steals and dished out four assists.
For the Sweet 16, LSU traveled an hour down the road to New Orleans to take on third-seeded Oklahoma State, and the Cowgirls were no match for the Lady Tigers who advanced to the Elite Eight with a 67-52 triumph.
Once again, LSU's top-ranked defense shut down the opposition as Oklahoma State only managed to shoot 27.5 percent from the field on 19-of-69 shooting.
Four Lady Tigers scored in double figures, led by White who finished with a season-high 18 points while also dishing out four assists and picking up four steals.
In the Elite Eight against top-seeded North Carolina, LSU used stout defense and a steady offense to slip past the Tar Heels 56-50 to advance to its fifth straight Final Four, tying Connecticut as the only two programs to accomplish that feat.
Fowles was named the New Orleans Region's Most Outstanding Player after finishing with 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots. Quianna Chaney also scored in double figures for the Lady Tigers as she contributed 13 points to go along with four assists to help LSU complete its "Drive for Five."
The Final Four in Tampa, Fla., at the St. Pete Times Forum marked the third time on the season LSU faced Tennessee, and the defending national champions snatched victory from the Lady Tigers with a last-second putback to win 47-46, ending the magnificent careers of LSU's eight seniors.
|2007 Women's Final Four
(No. 3 Seed, Fresno Region)
First Round (Austin, Texas)
Four Final Fours in as many seasons for the Lady Tigers
Acting head coach Bob Starkey was faced with the daunting task of guiding LSU Lady Tigers into the 2007 NCAA Tournament after closing out the regular season with three losses in the final five games, but guide he did.
After a nice run in the Southeastern Conference Tournament and a loss to Vanderbilt in the title game, LSU received a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and were placed in the Fresno Regional
The road to Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena would begin in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas' Erwin Center. First up for the Lady Tigers was Big South Conference champion UNC Ashville in the first round.
LSU made quick work of the Bulldogs with a 77-39 victory. The Lady Tigers jumped out to a 17-7 lead and led 39-19 at the break.
Quianna Chaney and RaShonta LeBlanc carried LSU with 15 points each and combined to hit nine three-pointers in the game. Erica White added 10 points and seven assists, while Sylvia Fowles had eight points and 10 rebounds.
Up next was upset minded West Virginia, the No. 11 seed. The Mountaineers upset six-seeded Xavier in the first round and seemed ready for the Lady Tigers.
LSU had to rally from 11 points down in the final 12 minutes of play to secure a 49-43 victory.
The Lady Tigers build a 10-point first-half lead, but the WVU charged back and trailed 21-18 at the break. The Mountaineers used a 20-3 run over the end of the first half and the start of the second to build a 35-24 lead with just over 12 minutes left on the clock, but LSU responded with a 12-0 run to retake the lead for good and hold on for a 49-43 win.
Fowles led the way with 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Chaney added 11 points.
The come-from-behind victory over WVU advanced LSU into the Sweet 16 and a trip to Fresno, Calif., and a date with No. 10 seed Florida State at Fresno State's Save Mart Center.
The Lady Tigers had little trouble with Florida State in a 55-43 victory. LSU led the entire game and held a 27-18 lead at halftime before breaking it open with a 10-0 to open the second half.
Chaney led LSU with 22 points and Fowles added 20 points and nine rebounds.
In the Elite Eight, The Lady Tigers would face top-seeded Connecticut with a chance to avenge an earlier one-point loss at home.
LSU did just that and did it in convincing fashion with a 73-50 win over the Huskies in the Fresno Regional Final.
Fowles continued her dominance in the tournament with 23 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shot on her way to being named Regional Most Outstanding Player. Allison Hightower and Ashley Thomas added 12 points each and White posted 11 points in the victory.
A disappointing outing versus Greensboro Regional Champion Rutgers in the national semifinal in Cleveland ended LSU's season, but the Lady Tigers could not hang their heads after a 30-8 season, the program's third straight 30-win season.
2006 Women's Final Four
First Round (Nashville, Tenn.)
Three Straight Final Four appearances for Lady Tigers
After reaching the Final Four in 2004 and 2005, LSU would settle for nothing less than a return trip to the grandest spectacle in women's basketball.
Second-year head coach Pokey Chatman guided the Lady Tigers to a 31-4 overall record, including the program's second-straight Southeastern Conference regular season title with a 13-1 mark.
LSU took its momentum from the regular season and rode it to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season and the third time in four years. The Lady Tigers were placed in the San Antonio Region and made the first stop in Nashville, Tenn., for the first- and second-round games.
No. 16 seed Florida Atlantic awaited LSU at Vanderbilt's Memorial Gymnasium. The Lady Tigers used a 20-0 run midway through the first half and pull away with a 72-48 victory to advance to the second round to face No. 9 seed Washington.
The Huskies upset eighth-seeded Minnesota in the opening round and were playing well.
Washington was, in fact, playing so well that they led LSU, 26-23, at the end of the first half. The lead would not last long as the Lady Tigers shot out to a 12-2 run to open the half and never looked back to earn a 72-49 victory and a trip to the "Sweet 16" in San Antonio.
National Player of the Year Seimone Augustus averaged 24.0 points in the first two games for LSU, while Sylvia Fowles averaged 12.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in the opening rounds.
Fourth-seeded DePaul was next for LSU. The Blue Demons gave a good fight in the opening 20 minutes and found themselves deadlocked at 31-31 with the Lady Tigers at the break. Another Lady Tigers' run to open the second half and LSU pulled way from DePaul for a 66-56 victory.
No. 3 seed Stanford upset second-seeded Oklahoma in the other regional semifinal to set up an LSU-Stanford showdown for the right to advance to Boston.
The teams did not disappoint. A showdown ensued.
The game featured 15 lead changes, as neither team led by more than seven points. Stanford led 28-23 at halftime, but LSU battled back to take a six-point lead midway through the half. The Cardinal then retook a 55-54 lead with four minutes left in the game before LSU posted six straight points to hold a 60-55 advantage with 2:07 remaining.
Just over a minute later, Stanford's Candice Wiggins nailed a three-pointer to cut the lead to 60-59, but Augustus hit a couple of free throws and drew a charging foul on the defensive end to seal a 62-59 victory for LSU.
Augustus earned regional Most Outstanding Player honors after posting 18 points against DePaul and 26 in the win over Stanford. Fowles was named to the All-tournament team by averaging 12.0 points and 18.0 rebounds in the two wins, including setting LSU's NCAA Tournament single game record with 19 rebounds against the Blue Demons.
In Boston, Duke, the No. 1 seed from the Bridgeport Region, controlled the game from the start and handed LSU a 64-45 loss in the National Semifinal game in the TD Banknorth Garden.
2005 Women's Final Four
First Round (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Lady Tigers Make it Back-to-Back Trips
After not advancing to the NCAA Final Four in the history of the program, the LSU Lady Tigers made it two straight trips with a visit in 2005.
First year head coach Pokey Chatman, who had guided LSU to the Final Four in her hometown of New Orleans as acting head coach in 2004, led the Lady Tigers back to the promise land.
Chatman and the Lady Tigers enjoyed one of the best seasons in school history, posting 33-3 overall record and claiming the program's first Southeastern Conference regular season title with a perfect 14-0 mark.
But, the success did not end in the regular season. LSU received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and were placed in the Chattanooga Region.
The first stop for the Lady Tigers was Knoxville, Tenn., where No. 16 Stetson awaited. LSU took care of business in convincing fashion, posting a 70-36 victory. National Player of the Year Seimone Augustus scored 14 points, while National Point Guard of the Year Temeka Johnson had 15 points and seven assists.
No. 9 seed Arizona was the next victim as LSU advanced to the Sweet 16. The Lady Tigers continued its domination on defense in a 76-43 victory. For the second straight game the opposition shot below 30.0 percent from the floor.
Augustus led the way with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Johnson added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Upset minded Liberty, the No. 13 seed, awaited LSU in Chattanooga for the Regional Semifinal. Defense again dominated the story line as the Lady Tigers defeated the Flames 90-48. LSU led 46-16 at the break and were led against by Augustus with 22 points. Scholanda Hoston also had 22 points, while Johnson added 12 points and 15 assists.
The Duke Blue Devils, the No. 2 seed, now stood between LSU and a return trip to the Final Four.
Duke jumped out to an early led and led for all but a few second of the first half until LSU battled back to tie the score at 30-30 just before halftime.
The Lady Tigers took control in the second half and held on for a 59-49 victory, earning them a trip to Indianapolis and a date with Baylor.
Augustus, who was named the Regional Most Outstanding Player, led the way with 24 points and seven rebounds, while freshman Sylvia Fowles added 13 points and 11 rebounds.
The RCA Dome was the site of the battle between the Lady Bears and the Lady Tigers in the National Semifinal. LSU jumped out to an early 15-point lead only to have Baylor chip back and eventually tie the score 28-28 at the break.
Unlike the Regional Final victory over Duke, this time Baylor, the eventual National Champions, took control in the second half and pulled away with a 68-57 victory.
2004 Women's Final Four
The First Lady Tiger Team To Reach NCAA Final Four
With head coach Sue Gunter missing the last half of the season due to illness, acting head coach Pokey Chatman led the Lady Tigers to the program's first trip to the NCAA Final Four and ironically enough, it was just down to the road in New Orleans.
The Lady Tigers road to the Final Four begin at home in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with victories over Austin Peay in the first round and Maryland in the second round. A 83-66 win over Austin Peay was sparked by a 21-point performance by all-American Seimone Augustus, while the Baton Rouge native poured in 26 in the 76-61 win over Maryland two nights later.
The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers now had a date with top seeded Texas in the West Regional semifinal in Seattle,Wash. LSU was looking for revenge from the year before when Texas had knocked off the top-seeded Lady Tigers in the regional final. Revenge is just what LSU got with a 71-55 victory over the Longhorns led by Augustus' career-high 29 points. SEC foe Georgia would be the opponent in the regional final.
It would prove to be one of best NCAA Tournament games in history with the lead going back and forth until Georgia took a seven point lead with six minutes to play. LSU did not falter, chipping away at the lead using a 8-1 run in the final four minutes to take the lead and hold it for a 62-60 victory and the program's first trip to the NCAA Final Four.
Augustus matched her career-high with 29 points, including a late free throw, while Temeka Johnson added 19 points, including a 15-foot jumper that gave the Lady Tigers the lead for good.
Augustus was named the West Regional Most Outstanding Player and Johnson joined her on the West Regional All-Tournament team.
LSU had a date with rival and SEC foe Tennessee in the national semifinal game in the New Orleans Arena, just 70 miles from the Baton Rouge campus.
The Lady Vols ended LSU's magical run, 52-50, with a dramatic late steal and lay-up for Tennessee.
LSU ended the season with a 27-8 overall record and a run to the Final Four, the school's first.


text:
Big data is to drive US$34 billion of global IT spending in 2013, growing from US$28 billion this year, according to Gartner's latest forecast.
New spending on big data each year is mostly on social network analysis and content analytics at 45 per cent, with 10 per cent on application infrastructure and middleware, Gartner said.
Gartner vice-president Mark Beyer said in a statement that big data features and functionality are to become an expected part of product offerings, and organisations that don't adapt will be left behind.
"Through 2018, big data requirements will gradually evolve from differentiation to 'table stakes' in information management practices and technology," Beyer said.
By 2020, big data will become "just data", and "become a standardised requirement in leading information architectural practices, forcing older practices and technology into early obsolescence," he said.
Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.


text:
Browse bycategory
October 1, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Please provide comments to the issue below as part of the 2012 WCB cost model virtual workshop for inclusion in the record. Comments are moderated for conformity to the workshop's guidelines.
Hybrid Cost Proxy Model: The HCPM varies costs by nine density zones. Many of the inputs are the same across multiple density zones, while others show more variation among lower-density zones. The model also varies installation costs by geologic conditions, like soil type.
CQBAT: The CQBAT model varies costs according to three density zones (urban, suburban, and rural). The model as submitted in the record does not specify how locations are assigned to those zones.
Questions for Comment
- Would it be reasonable to adopt a model with three zones for variation? Is it possible to capture the variations among low-density zones in the HCPM using only three zones? What parameters should be used to divide locations among areas? To the extent commenters believe there is a value in having more than three zones, they should specify the zones the model should use, the parameters for each zone, and why such proposals would be more appropriate than the three-zone approach.
- What kinds of costs vary by geography? How can the Bureau obtain the data required to capture such variation, and how can the Bureau validate those data?
- Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Forward-Looking Mechanism for High Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-160, Tenth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20156, 20171, para. 30 (1999) (Inputs Order).
Not seeing comment form in IE 8? Turn off IE compatibility mode to see comments.


text:
Project Participants Visit Hong Kong, Share Their Story
On May 20, 2013, He Changlin and his older daughter He Ming, accompanied by Heifer China Senior Program Manager Cheng Peilin, attended Heifer Hong Kong's Annual Charity Dinner and Wine Charity Auction. They shared their story with donors and others in attendance.
Date: Jun 28, 2013 | Category: What's New with Heifer


text:
How To Care For And Deep Clean A Vinyl Floor | iFLOOR
Posted on August 31, 2012 by iFLOOR There have been 0 comments
Vinyl flooring can be a great accessory for many homes and businesses. While a discount flooring product can be a great choice for many homes, it can be difficult to keep it clean under some circumstances. The following guide provides simple tips and tricks on how to deep clean a vinyl floor.
Many homeowners will use floor cleaners to maintain a vinyl floor. However, some types of vinyl floors can accumulate dirt and grime in-between different tiles. To eliminate these types of issues, it's a good idea to use a steam cleaning unit every six to 12 months.
Steam cleaning can be an effective way to remove dirt and grime that has embedded itself deep into the material of a vinyl floor. In addition, most steam cleaners don't require the use of chemicals. This can make steam cleaning a great choice for homes with young children. Since some strong floor cleaning liquids can be hazardous to human health, it's important to look for effective ways to minimize their usage.
In addition, steam cleaning can sanitize a floor quickly and effectively. When an individual use a steam cleaner, a very warm jet of steam will be forced into the fine nooks and crannies between different vinyl floor tiles. This will kill any bacteria and other germs that may be lurking in the hidden recesses of a floor.
Steam cleaning is also an environmentally friendly option for homeowners and their families. Since a steam cleaning unit doesn't require the use of chemicals, there's no need to worry about the production of dangerous chemicals. Since the production of some chemicals can use lots of natural resources, it's important to find effective ways to limit their usage. In addition, this can be a great way to promote a healthy environment for oneself and one's family.
Since steam cleaning units can be expensive, it may not be a viable option to buy a new unit for a home. Instead, it's often possible to rent a steam cleaning unit from a high volume discount store.
This post was posted in Do It Yourself, Vinyl Flooring


text:
Peak Lists
Log In
Ascent to Mount Rainier-Muir West Chute on 2002-04-20
Greg Slayden
Others in Party:
Glenn Morrison
Saturday, April 20, 2002
Ascent Type:
No Summit Goal
Point Reached:
Mount Rainier
- Muir West Chute
10380 ft / 3163 m
Ascent Trip Report
Our goal was to ski over 6000 vertical feet, from above Camp Muir down to the Nisqually Bridge at 3913 feet. I meet Glenn in Ashford, and we stashed my car at the bridge before driving up to Paradise and starting the long slog up to Camp Muir. It was a nice, sunny, day, and it took us 4 1/2 hours to get up to Muir, from 9:30 AM to 2 PM. After a rest we hiked up another 300 feet up the ridge leading west from Camp Muir to the top of a chute, and got our skis ready for the descent.
The snow was pretty good--slush on top of hard ice higher up, but beatuiful corn for most of the Muir snowfield. At 8200' we took the steep chute that leads down to the Nisqually Glacier (nice snow) and then headed down the Nisqually. However, below 6200' we skied right into a very thick fog bank and could barely see anything--including ice cliffs and crevasses that suddenly appeared in front of us. We tried skiing down more, but by 5750' we realized we had to retreat back up to Glacier Vista. Using a compass course, we headed east until the we hit the familiar moraine, and then we climbed up 200' out of the fog to Glacier Vista.
We then skied the busy and familiar terrain back to Paradise. This was foggy, too, but we knew this area so well it was not an issue. Disappointed, we drove down to my car at the bridge and headed for home.
Summary Total Data
Total Elevation Gain:
5546 ft / 1689 m
Total Elevation Loss:
5546 ft / 1690 m
4 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)
Route Conditions:
Snow on Ground, Snow Climb
Gear Used:
Skis, Ski Poles
Pleasant, Calm, Partly Cloudy
Ascent Statistics
Gain on way in:
4960 ft / 1511 m
Muir Snowfield
Start Trailhead:
Paradise 5420 ft / 1652 m
5 Hours 45 Minutes
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
5546 ft / 1690 m
Loss Breakdown:
Net: 4960 ft / 1511 m; Extra: 586 ft / 178m
Gain on way out:
586 ft / 178 m
Nisqually Glacier
End Trailhead:
Paradise 5420 ft / 1652 m
3 Hours 0 Minutes
This page has been served 1920 times since 2005-01-15.
Copyright © 1987-2019 by Peakbagger.com. All Rights Reserved.
Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the
Contact Page
Terms of Service


text:
|Send News. Want a reply? Read this. More in the FAQ. News Forum - All Forums - Mobile - PDA - RSS Headlines Twitter
Ubisoft will stop using its always-on DRM scheme that required an internet connection to play their PC games, Ubisoft's Stephanie Perotti states in a Rock, Paper, Shotgun interview. The quotes about dropping the unpopular anti-piracy protection are highlighted separately, noting that it has been over a year since they last shipped a game using this DRM, and this will continue to be their policy going forward. "We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline," the publisher's worldwide director for online games tells them. "Whenever you want to reach any online service, multiplayer, you will have to be connected, and obviously for online games you will also need to be online to play. But if you want to enjoy Assassin's Creed III single player, you will be able to do that without being connected. And you will be able to activate the game on as many machines as you want."
Copyright © 1996-2019 Stephen Heaslip. All rights reserved.
All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy. Manage Cookie Settings.
News CGI copyright © 1999-2019 James "furn" Furness &
Blue's News.
All rights reserved.
Chatbear v1.4.0/blue++: Page generated 17 September 2019, 16:38.
Chatbear Announcements.


text:
School Improvement Data
Graduation Rate Data
Race to the Top
Civil Rights Report
International Strategy
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
School Improvement Data
Last week, the Department released an early snapshot of student performance data at schools that have received federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) funding, a basic component of the agency's blueprint for helping states and school districts turn around the nation's lowest-performing schools. This data provides the first overview of performance for the first cohort of schools after one year of implementing SIG. The data spans from the 2009-10 school year to the 2010-11 school yearthe initial year schools received SIG funds.
In three main areas, these early findings show positive momentum and progress in many SIG schools:
- Schools receiving SIG grants are improving. Two-thirds of schools showed gains in reading. And, two-thirds of schools showed gains in math.
- A larger percentage of elementary schools showed gains than did secondary schools, suggesting it is easier to improve student performance at a young age than to intervene later. Fully 70% of elementary schools showed gains in reading. And, 70% of elementary schools showed gains in math.
- Some of the greatest gains were recorded in small towns and rural communities.
Because the snapshot covers only a single year of SIG implementation, and because many factors contribute to student proficiency, it is too early to establish a causal connection between SIG funding and school performance. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is conducting a long-term evaluation of the SIG program with student-level longitudinal data that will also compare to similarly situated schools that did not receive SIG funds. Furthermore, at least one rigorous study, by Professor Thomas Dee at Stanford University, already found positive results in SIG schools compared to similarly situated schools that did not receive SIG funds. (Note: The Department is also collecting data on other leading indicators that will give a more complete picture of SIG performance, including student attendance, teacher attendance, and enrollment in advanced courses.)
Meanwhile, for research purposes, the Department is making available three years of state assessment data on all schools nationwide through restricted-use files. These files include performance data for the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 school years, disaggregated by subgroup. The agency plans to release all school-level assessment dataincluding state-by-state SIG assessment datain January 2013, once protections to ensure privacy of students are finalized and put into place.
Graduation Rate Data
This week, the Department released data detailing state four-year high school graduation rates in 2010-11. That school year was the first year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure. Previously, the varying methods used by states to report graduation rates made comparisons between states unreliable. The new, uniform rate calculation is also not comparable in absolute terms to previously reported rates. Therefore, while 24 states reported increased or unchanged rates and 26 states reported lower rates under the new metric, these changes should not be viewed as measures of progress but rather as a more accurate snapshot.
The transition to a common, adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate reflects states' efforts to create greater uniformity and transparency in reporting high school graduation rate data, and it meets the requirements of October 2008 federal regulations. A key goal of the regulations was to develop a graduation rate that provides parents, educators, and community members with better information on their school's progress while allowing for meaningful comparisons of graduation rates across states and school districts. The new metric also accurately accounts for students who drop out or who do not earn a regular diploma.
Last year, states began individually reporting 2010-11 high school graduation rates, but this is the first time the Department has compiled these rates in a single public document. These graduation rates are preliminary, state-reported data. The Department plans to release final rates in the coming months. Beginning with data for the 2011-12 school year, graduation rates calculated using this new metric will become a critical element of state accountability systems, including for states that have been approved for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility. (Note: 2010-11 graduation rates are also available through ED Data Express.)
Moreover, to guide states that have requested ESEA flexibility and support continuous improvement in states that have received ESEA flexibility, the Department issued highlights of how some states have included graduation rates and related indicators in their approved systems of differentiated recognition, accountability, and support.
Race to the Top
Also this week, the Department announced 61 applications as finalists for Race to the Top-District grants. The finalists, representing more than 200 school districts, were selected from 372 applications received earlier this month, demonstrating how districts could truly personalize education for students and provide teachers and school leaders with key tools that support them to meet students' needs. Race to the Top-District applications were randomly assigned to three-person panels that independently read and scored each application, with scores averaged to determine an applicant's score. The agency then arranged applications in rank orderfrom high to low scoresand determined the strongest proposals to move on based on natural breaksscoring gaps in the rank order. Consistent with the agency's plan to award high-quality proposals from applications across a variety of districts, these 61 finalists represent rural and non-rural districts from both Race to the Top and non-Race to the Top states. Again, the Department expects to select 15-25 winning applications for four-year awards ranging from $5 million to $40 million, depending on the population of students served through the plan. Awards will be announced no later than December 31, 2012.
Civil Rights Report
The Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released a report describing its progress and activity over the last four years on civil rights enforcement and educational equity. The report describes how OCR has transformed its enforcement approach to promote and advance educational equity for all students, while maximizing the office's efficiency and impact, even as the number of complaints received by OCR has grown by almost a quarter over the last four years. OCR both received and resolved over 28,500 complaints during this time period, a record figure compared to past four-year periods.
The report also discusses OCR's work to:
- support the equal rights of students to a safe school environment and to resources and programs they need to be prepared for college and careers;
- revamp the Civil Rights Data Collection to provide educators and the public with a clearer picture of the "equity health" of schools; and
- align its efforts with President Obama's goal of restoring America's position as a global leader in the proportion of college graduates by 2020, by improving educational equity and excellence.
In addition to investigating and resolving complaints, OCR has protected students' civil rights by launching over 100 proactive, systemic investigations at schools and colleges. In its investigations, OCR has placed a priority on developing remedies that attack discrimination at its roots. OCR has also catalyzed improved compliance across the education community by issuing policy guidance on questions regarding the civil rights laws OCR enforces, such as the obligations of schools and colleges to prevent and address bullying, harassment, and sexual violence; the equal rights of students to a public education regardless of their race, national origin, and citizenship; and the obligation of schools and colleges to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to new technologies that are playing a role in classrooms.
International Strategy
In honor of International Education Week, the Department released its first international strategy document, "Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement," affirming the agency's commitment to preparing today's youth, and the nation more broadly, for a globalized world and engaging with the international community to improve education. It is fully integrated with the Department's domestic agenda and thoughtfully designed to simultaneously attain two strategic goals: strengthen U.S. education and advance the nation's international priorities. It reflects ongoing work in implementing international education programs, participating in international benchmarking activities, and working with other countries and multilateral bodies to engage in strategic dialogue. The strategy, which the Department has already begun to implement, will be used to guide the agency's core activities and allocation of resources to reflect the highest priority and most strategic topics, parts of the world, and activities.
Odds and Ends
A new blog entry summarizes Secretary Duncan's November 27 trip to Dallas, where he observed students and teachers in action at a local high school, addressed business and civic leaders focused on preparing students for college and careers, and met with reporters and editors.
Then, on November 28, the Secretary delivered the closing keynote speech at the Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform. (Note: Video from the conference will be posted here.)
The Department has announced a new, nearly $1 million grant that will invest in innovative programs preparing incarcerated individuals to successfully reenter society with education and workforce training. This announcement came during an agency-hosted Correctional Education Summit that gathered outside experts engaged in developing innovations to improve educational opportunities for youth and adults in secure confinement facilities. In conjunction with the summit, the agency also released a new "Reentry Education Model."
To provide assistance for ongoing recovery efforts following the deadly shooting at the premiere of the movie "The Dark Knight Rises," the Department's Office of Safe and Healthy Students awarded Aurora Public Schools in Colorado a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling nearly $50,000.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports tuition-free summer programs for school and college and university educators. Participants receive stipends to help cover travel and living expenses. These one- to five-week study opportunities are held across the nation and abroad. They focus on major topics, texts, and questions in the humanities; enhance the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; build a community of inquiry and provide models of excellent scholarship and teaching; and promote connections between teaching and research in the humanities. The deadline for applications is March 4, 2013.
Quote to Note
"A regular high school diploma is a gateway credential for college and careers in the 21st century and helps in ensuring that students are prepared to obtain the postsecondary education and training required for successful participation within our competitive global economy. Raising high school graduation rates for all students and all subgroups of students is essential to reaching the President's goal of ensuring that, by 2020, the U.S. will once again have the highest proportion in the world of adults who are college graduates. In this context, better, more accurate graduation rate data should propel us to redouble our efforts to target attention and resources where they are most needed and can significantly affect student progress."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (11/26/12), in a letter to Chief State School Officers on uniform high school graduation rate data
Upcoming Events
On December 6 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the National Assessment Governing Board (NABG) is offering a live webinar to explore students' knowledge and sense of word meanings, as recently revealed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading.
On December 11 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is offering a live webinar (RSVP) to discuss the results of the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the 2011 Progress in International Reading and Language Study (PIRLS).
Credits, Subscribe & Unsubscribe
Please feel free to contact the Office of Communications and Outreach with any questions:
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental AffairsStacey Jordan, (202) 401-0026, email@example.com
Program AnalystAdam Honeysett, (202) 401-3003, firstname.lastname@example.com
To be added or removed from distribution, or submit comments (we welcome your feedback!), please contact Adam Honeysett. Or, visit http://www2.ed.gov/news/newsletters/edreview/index.html.
This newsletter contains hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links are provided for the user's convenience. The U.S. Department of Education does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. Furthermore, the inclusion of links is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.


text:
Celebrate World Environment Day with Catan: Oil Springs
Eureka! Oil has been discovered on Catan! That's right, oil has been discovered on the island of Catan! And after many years of study, the great engineers of Catan have learned ways to improve production using this valuable new resource, both by converting it into other resources and enabling the upgrade of cities into metropolises.
Back by popular demand! Celebrate World Environment Day at the Washington, D.C. Koshland Science Museum by trying out the brand-new scenario for Settlers of Catan: Catan: Oil Springs. New resources and new rules put a spin on the classic board game, Settlers of Catan (by Klaus Teuber).
Will you create tremendous growth and exacerbate climate change, destroying the island of Catan, in the name of winning? Can you win without ruining the island? Players will debate these issues while enjoying spirited competition.
Before you play, learn how the game was developed and play the scenario with co-designers Erik Assadourian and Ty Hansen. After a round of Settlers, head into the museum's Earth Lab to understand the science of climate change that underlies the game.
Join us from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at:
Interested in setting up your own Catan: Oil Springs event this World Environment Day? Please let us know by leaving a comment here or emailing us at email@example.com.
About Setters of Catan: Oil Springs
Recognizing the value of making sustainability education fun and engaging, Worldwatch's Erik Assadourian has helped develop Catan: Oil Springs, a non-profit scenario for the award-winning board game that integrates a new resource into the mix—oil—and brings with it the opportunity for players to develop significantly faster, but not without risking industrial pollution and disasters such as coastal flooding triggered by climate change. Other sustainability challenges, including issues of development disparity, the resource curse, and limits to growth are integrated seamlessly into the game, where players struggle with whether they should use oil to grow even as they risk undermining the productivity of their lands and even risk inundation of the entire island of Catan.
Read more about Settlers of Catan: Oil Springs.


text:
Woollen Hat
Hurry!! Get Hand knitted Wollen Glov!! Exclusively only in Imart Nepal ................................................................Hand knitted wollen gloves
We accept All Credit Cards (using Stripe) and PayPal payments. In Nepal, we also take Cash-on-Delivery and Direct Bank Deposits payments.
We ship all over the world. Our delivery timeline is 2weeks to 4weeks outside Nepal, while most orders delivered within 2weeks. Within Nepal, we deliver to home within 2 working days.
We endorse the quality of our workmanship and delivery process. We will refund the full amount, no questions asked, in case you are not happy with the product and want it returned.


text:
Powder-Solutions introduces BFM fittings
BFM fittings are designed to replace standard flexible sleeves held in place with hose clamps. BFM fittings are engineered to provide improved sanitation, tool-free installation and removal, and pressure shock resistance. Their snap-in design eliminates pinch points and gaps, preventing the leaks, gaps and premature sleeve wear that are common in sleeves secured with hose clamps. BFM fittings can be quickly installed and removed, and are suitable for offset, vibrating and oscillating equipment. Their smooth, crevice-free interior doesn't trap powders like conventional sleeves. Offered in a wide variety of materials, diameters, and lengths, the BFM fitting can be used in any industry where flexible hose couplings are required.


text:
About marak
Same no equip avail here for me to test. Anyone got a local hacker station available? (or anyone know of one in japan that they speak english at? lol)
Ok so i got a chance and read the other posts (told you i would!), and some people have touched on it, but here's a link (happened to be reading it yesterday, woo for timing).
In short everything related to radio is controlled by a secondary OS, also USB and and GPS (possibly more still need to read the white paper).
Update: quick read through these are also tied to the chip:
Microphone and speakers.
These are closed chips so we dont have any of the source code and have to rely on information given - joy -.-
Love your articles Tim, i dont even have to read the author name to know its you haha.
OT: sigh. just sigh. i think ill walk carefully away from this one.
*note i dont have hulu*
step 1. play video in full screen.
step 2. record screen using fraps.
If it can be played on the machine, it can be recorded.
Note 2: even if they put in some sort of detection for recording software(which would break frequently) you could setup a second monitor - which is actually recording software thus having the video stream sent directly to the recording software.
I believe he means more than the total Contract price.
Did you get postage back btw?
Lol if your config file is more than a MB in size you need to start looking closely at what your saving!
(yes yes i know there are some very rare circumstances that it can be bigger, but trying to give this story some reason to have a laugh!)
Infact lets get this straight, using napkin-figures.
What possible settings do you have? lets say, 18 pre-sets(i know more than it has but hey work with me here), plus DPI, scroll rate - can anyone think of more.
so 18 key pre-sets, 2 key combinations, each key is what , worstcase scenario 1kb(this is amazingly over what its required btw).
so were looking at 18KB plus DPI/Scroll, lets be REALLY generous and say there's another 2kb there. 20KB
ill let this sink in once more
im sorry i have to ONCE MORE
20KB. I honestly think i could program this for under 500 bytes - but i havnt worked with that sort of storage for a long time.
Are they "honestly" trying to say that onboard storage is that expensive that they are required to use an always on connection to support their mouse settings?
You could multiply my own base calculations by 100 and still burst the data upstream in bugger all time, definatly NOT requiring an always on connection.
My next question would be... what are they transmitting to their servers???
Can you adjust the DPI, macro keys etc(im not being snide actually wondering - if you cant there's a problem, if you can, then the story is over-hyped)
Infact to push that one step further, whats wrong with putting 512k of onboard memory and storing the data internally?
If you cant store all the user data in 512k, you have more problems than you ever imagined!
$80 here in australia, not THAT expensive considering some of the gaming gear ive brought - although after hearing about the drm id definatly expect a discount... say around $70 AUD would seem fitting id think
Im glad i recently found this:
instead of razer. I have mates that have razor items and havnt had this issue(thank gawd!) and love the produce, normally im a logitech man myself.
This is beyond rediculas though, do these people not even think of people who have to travel often(like me!) - yes a gaming mouse isnt always needed when i travel but i like my damn keyboard and mouse, and i WILL bring those buggers with me(honestly ive actually left some items behind FOR my KB/Mouse hookup on my laptop before - yes i know a laptop has a KB, but try coding on one compared to a kb your comforable with haha).
Razor, in the only way an aussie could honestly say it - dickheads, how about thinking first? It doesnt hurt much after you get useto it, and i promise you in the long run it will actually become usefull!
and copyright fanbois saying everything is designed to rip people off. Their not absolutes cd's - their used for other means too.
Any copying it to my mp3 player is the other side of that coin. Why should i pay a theft tax when i purchased the item?
If i purchase the song online, and burn it to cd to listen in my car, is that stealing?
But... but... THE CHILDREN THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Huh i thought it was a bug on my end o.0
I wholeheartedly agree with this
another aussie
And todays story is brought to you by the letter m.... wait.... (mumble in background... "what? really")... err todays story is now brought to you by the letter n!
Were taught as chefs that sight is one of the most important pieces of a meal we serve, which is really driven home by this.
Its the same principal if one of my apprentices serves one of my pans dish's badly, i can guarantee the customer's going to start out with a bad idea on the meal haha. (which is why i dont let apprentices serve my meals!)
Of course its so hard to change DNS so that would work *facepalm*


text:
Sergio Aguero struck twice in Russia to push Manchester City towards the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-1 win over CSKA Moscow. The Argentinian continued his rich vein of form with a quickfire double to settle a tricky Group D encounter after former Manchester United player Zoran Tosic opened the scoring.
Despite coping well with the much-criticised Khimki Arena pitch, City squandered a number of chances to make the game safe and were left hanging on, with Joe Hart saving saving from Keisuke Honda at the death. But they survived CSKA's late rally and exerted enough control overall to suggest they could all but secure a last-16 spot with a repeat win at the Etihad Stadium in a fortnight.
On a sour note, however, it did sound as if some monkey-chanting was directed at Yaya Toure from a section of the home support.
The patched-up surface, described as "unbelievable" by City boss Manuel Pellegrini was sandy, bobbly and bare in patches. Although it slowed City's style, they soon asserted themselves against the out-of-form Russian champions, who had lost five of their previous seven games.
The hosts were also forced into an early change as defender Vasili Berezutski left the field and was replaced by his brother Aleksei Berezutski.
City's first chance came as a corner by David Silva was flicked on by Aguero just beyond Toure. Aguero then failed to connect with a volley from a Pablo Zabaleta cross after a good move involving Jesus Navas and Toure.
CSKA showed some attacking intent as the highly rated Keisuke Honda was picked out by a long ball. The Japan international's control initially let him down but he got a second chance and had a shot blocked by Aleksandar Kolarov.
City began to threaten again as Silva weaved his way into the area and Aleksandar Kolarov whipped in a cross which was diverted straight at Igor Akinfeev by Alvaro Negredo.
It came as a surprise when CSKA grabbed the lead, against the run of play, after 32 minutes. Akinfeev's long ball was headed on by Honda and Tosic raced through, displaying skill he did not show in his spell at Old Trafford, which amounted to five substitute appearances, to lob Hart.
The goal again highlighted City's defensive vulnerabilities in the absence of captain Vincent Kompany, with midfielder Javi Garcia in the back line, but it jolted them into action.
Their response was immediate as they attacked down the left and Silva delivered a fine ball into the area. Aguero edged ahead of his marker to claim and, although the ball got trapped slightly under his foot, he took a touch to dig it out and then slid it home.
It was not long before City had a second, Aguero on target again to head a Negredo cross past Akinfeev from close range after confusion in the home defence from a throw-in. It was the Argentinian's eighth goal in his last six games.
City could have had a third before the interval as Navas had a dangerous cross claimed by Akinfeev and the goalkeeper produced a fine one-handed save to keep out a Silva free-kick.
City thought they did have a goal number three in the early moments of the second half but Negredo's close-range effort was ruled out for handball.
Moments later Toure headed powerfully at goal but Akinfeev saved low to his right and Kolarov curled a free-kick just wide. Silva had a good chance just after the hour when Aguero allowed Kolarov's cross to run past him but the inrushing Spaniard lost his balance attempting a first-time shot. Toure also tried his luck from a free-kick wide on the right but Akinfeev parried over the bar.
CSKA tried to produce a rousing finish and City survived a scare when a superb strike from 18 yards, into the top corner, by Ahmed Musa was disallowed for a foul.
Musa troubled City again with a weaving run but Hart was equal to his shot. Honda had a golden chance to equalise in stoppage time after chesting down a cross but Hart got in the way to block his volley at point-blank range.