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- The push for "liquid alternative" mutual funds draws more scrutiny, and skepticism. — Jeff Benjamin, Investment News
- Abby Johnson is poised to take full control of Fidelity Investments. — Jay Fitzgerald, Boston Globe
- Oculus and Facebook show the JOBS Act is a gigantic bait-and-switch. — Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg View
- Value stocks can pull ahead as the economy strengthens. — David Templeton, Horan Capital Advisors
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Retail sales charged to electronic cards rose 0.3 per cent last month, adjusted for seasonal effects, continuing a trend of slow but steady increases in consumer spending.
Core retail sales, which exclude petrol stations and car yards, rose 0.5 per cent, on top of a 1.1 per cent rise in November.
For the December quarter, retail sales paid for with electronic cards rose 1.4 per cent from the September quarter, and by 1.1 per cent when the automotive sector is excluded.
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Infometrics economist Matt Nolan said the increase in spending on durables in the quarter occurred even as prices were held down by the very high New Zealand dollar, indicating that the volume of sales had been rising sharply.
It was consistent with the lift in house sales over recent months, he said.
When people moved house they often used it as an opportunity to replace furniture and appliances.
By contrast, spending on consumables such as groceries and pharmaceuticals increased only 0.1 per cent in the quarter.
"It appears that, with job security still low, households have been limiting spending in other areas to fund their increase in spending on durable products," Nolan said.
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Core retail sales were up 4.8 per cent on December 2011.
Statistics New Zealand says electronic card transactions data - covering credit, debit and charge cards - capture just under two-thirds of retail spending.
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"A trend of gradually improving retail spending poses little concern to the Reserve Bank's inflation outlook, and consumer spending for now remains constrained by high levels of household debt and a somewhat soft labour market."
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Skip to comments.2008 voting rate down as older whites stayed home
Posted on 07/20/2009 11:17:06 AM PDT by kddid
For all the attention generated by last year's presidential race, census figures show the share of eligible voters who actually went to the polls in November declined from 2004.
According to the data, more older whites opted to stay home compared with 2004, citing little interest in supporting either Barack Obama or John McCain.
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Thanks you old coots!
RINOs and Liberals are not interesting to conservatives...
"According to the data, more older whites opted to stay home compared with 2004, citing little interest in supporting either Barack Obama or John McCain."
No kidding. Let's nominate Mitt now. That will bring them back in droves. (sarc)
Maybe they were intimidated.
There were lots of reports of blacks driving around and making a big show of writing down addresses of people with McCain signs in their yards.
I voted for the RINO McCain. But I would not do so again. The GOP has to understand that the conservative base, and the old coots who make up a part of that base, are not willing to show up and vote for someone who is distasteful.
I'll vote for a Conservative next time, or I will stay home. And don't blame me if Obama gets a second term -- blame the Republican Establishment for pushing Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. There's your problem right there.
Can you blame them, with the Black Panthers People's Party providing "security" at the polling places.
Wonder how they are going to feel about that non-vote as Obama proceeds to gut medicare.
Here is the dirty little secret the RNC refuses to admit to.
Their attempts(McCain, Rudy, Mitt, Huckster) at putting a RINO on the ballot(McCain) succeeded and those who decided it was "a bridge too far" to vote for someone like McAmnesty stayed home.
And then there are the idiots on FreeRepublic who would rather blame those who were basically disenfranchised by the selection of McCain instead of the real problem: the RNC leadership and elites. Pull your head out of the sand.
Let's put the blame where it belongs, Feminist women:
"Unmarried women supported Barack Obama by a 70-to-29 percent margin, and they voted for Democratic House candidates by a similar margin 64-to-29 percent."
But, you know, I can't imagine a McCain White House would be as bad or worse than The Obama White House.
McCain wouldn't be Reagan, but he sure as Hell wouldn't be a socialist as is Mr. Obama-Jama.
Uninformed yutes and colored people got us in the situation we're in now.
The Liberal Media needs to be destroyed.
Yeah! I hope you know I was kidding in the earlier post. :-)
Sounds like psychological warfare from the left - they start spreading such B.S. rumors, and it sounds reasonable to some.
I believe it is likely that the system is already corrupted too far.
Coleman/Franken proved it. EVERY decision by the ACORN elected secretary of state went in Franken's favor, resulting in the stolen election.
And if Obama('s)care has anything to do with it, they won't be around by '12!
Limbaugh mentioned dragging him over the finish line several times, and it was absolutely true. Whenever we'd get any momentum going, he'd do the exact thing necessary to destroy it. I've said before that the "Look, the Dems are even WORSE!" tactics of the Republicans would backfire on them. Whenever McCain moved grudgingly to the right, his numbers improved. If the old coot had gone home three weeks before the election and not done any interviews he'd probably be in the WH now. Every day I ask, "Lord, why is Barack 0bama President," and follow up with, "Thank you that John McCain isn't." BTW, yes I voted for Sarah and McCain happened to be on the ticket, so don't say I was the reason 0bama got elected.
How would you your grandmother feel? Assuming you weren't escorting her?
What? That didn't work out?
Well, this older white got out and voted. Didn't particularly like my choices, but I tried to stop the mess that is now upon us, thanks in part to those sit-at-home know-it-alls.
As far as I'm concerned, anyone who sits out an election also forfeits the right to gripe for four years. That includes a lot of self-absorbed FReepers.
BSF's - bitter single females. (The counter to anyone making a statement about "angry white males".)
Those that state "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle", but, in overwhelming numbers vote for the government to be in the role of husband - provider and protector.
I this is a cover story to hide the fraud by ACORN.
Thanks, folks! Appreciate the patriotism! /SARC!
Great comment.
hysterical comparison and spot on
Proving geezers are worthless.
UAW money and UAW votes put the Chicago Turd in the White House.
NEVER AGAIN will I buy a UAW product.
If conservative men won't marry them, they still have to make a nest of some kind. Women don't go it alone.
Hey punk. Run a friggin candidate who isn't half dead and demo-lite and maybe you can get us excited.
For the record, I voted for McCain and then ran outside and puked.
Send you damned message to the RNC.
Then get off your butt now and work to get a conservative nominated. We almost have ford, jr in the Senate from TN because Bryant and Hillary split the conservative vote, so people such as your self would not vote for Corker since he wasn't a conservative. So, instead of saying "if they don't listen to me, I will not vote but obama's second term will not be my fault" find a conservative get out and work for that person
I live in MA. 'nuff said.
They've been lied to, though, and told that they MUST make it on their own. And this is why they vote for a husband.
God's natural laws and plans are thwarted to the detriment of the person doing the thwarting.
These laws and consequences are as immutable as His physical laws.
That's nice. Many of these folks will be dead by 2012.
Uninformed yutes and colored people got us in the situation were in now
that along with folks who stayed home. That should teach us NOT to ever stay home on election day. I would rather win with a "Republican-LITE" opposed to let them with with a democrat of any flavor - PERIOD. From a coaching stand point a win is a win no matter how you look at it.
Yep. (Single) White females, whether in the blue collar wards (especially in the northeast and upper midwest) or in latte land voted for Obamanation.
Thank the idiots that gave them the choice between McCain and Obama. Both disasters in making. McCain may have been the lesser evil, but he was still a terrible choice.
Based on this data, I demand tax payer funded ACORN spend at least half of their time and money in rural white areas registering voters who are more likely to vote conservative and getting them out to vote.
Let's see how long the mods leave up the monkey picture.
For some reason they pull all of mine...
I don't believe in conspiracy theories and don't think anyone with a legitimate shot at the presidency voluntarily gives it up, but it's hard to see what McCain could have done different to intentionally blow it.
This was partially offset by a record number of Mexican citizens and wise Latinas illegally voting in the US election.
Don't forget the elected state and county election officials, and the various offices controlling voter registration. Democrats heavily target these positions to assist with their vote fraud and to run interference against fraud complaints and investigations.
You got it.
Pandering to La Raza types only means you'll lose otherwise conservative voters.
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It will be used for a Christmas gift. I haven't opened it up yet.
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By Nana
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About Me Midrange shopper
I used as a fun gift
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Best shirt ever
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The 2013 edition of the SEC Championship Game will be the 22nd game in its existence for the conference that not only is widely regarded as the best conference in college football, but was also the one responsible for starting the conference title game craze.
Here now is a look at the ten best games in SEC Championship Game history:
#10: 1998 (Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14)
In the first year of the soon-to-be-gone BCS era, the Vols entered the game against the underdog Bulldogs as heavy favorites. But the game would wind up being a tight defensive battle that Tee Martin and the Volunteers led, 10-7, in the early stages of the fourth quarter. That was until the Bulldogs' Kevin Prentiss took a punt back 83 yards and gave them a 14-10 lead. All of that would be for naught, though, as Martin would throw two touchdown passes in a 32-second span to give the Vols a 24-14 lead that they wouldn't relinquish on their way to an Orange Bowl win over Florida State and the first national championship of the BCS era, and Tennessee's last national championship.
#9: 2004 (Auburn 38, Tennessee 28)
2004 is known mostly in SEC-land as the year that time forgot, as it would become known for the victorious Tigers being passed over for a BCS titlre game appearance despite what became a 12-0 regular season after winning this game. As for the game itself, Auburn quickly jumped out 14-0 behind the play of QB Jason Campbell, who would go on to win MVP honors in the game, and led 21-7 at the half before the Vols rallied to tie the game at 21 in the third quarter. But 17 points by Auburn in the fourth quarter would put this one away for the Tigers, who would go on to defeat Virginia Tech and complete a 13-0 season in the Sugar Bowl while USC and Oklahoma played for the national title.
#8: 1997 (Tennessee 30, Auburn 29)
This was a close game, but didn't really have any national title implications for one of the first times in the game's history. What it did have was a matchup without either Florida or Alabama in it for the first time in the game's history. And some guy named Peyton Manning was quarterbacking the Vols. I wonder whatever happened to that guy, anyway? Tennessee trailed 27-17 in the third quarter of this one when Manning would engineer another one of what is now routine for him: comebacks. However, Tennesee would trail 29-23 after Manning hit Peerless Price for a touchdown, since Auburn would return the blocked extra point for a two-point conversion. After Marcus Nash turned a short Manning pass into a 73-yard game-winnind TD, the Vols would hang onto to win 30-29, and Manning would be named MVP of the game in his only SEC Championship Game appearance.
#7: 1994 (Florida 24, Alabama 23)
In the 1994 edition, which was the third edition of the game, and the third one to pit the Gators and Crimson Tide, as well, it was typical Steve Spurrier trickery that won it for the Gators. This was also the first SEC title game to be played at the Georgia Dome after two years at Legion Field in Birmingham, and it has remained there ever since. With Florida losing 23-17 in the fourth quarter, Spurrier would dip into his bag of tricks for two big-time plays that would put the Gators ahead. The first one appeared to be an unfortunate break for the old ball coach when starting quarterback Danny Wuerffel appeared to limp off with an injury, only for backup QB Eric Kresser to hit Ike Hilliard for 42 yards and get them across midfield, with Wuerffel returning no worse for the wear on the next play. Later in the drive, Spurrier called another trick play that saw running back Chris Doering hit a 20-yard pass to the 2, before taking it in himself on the next play.
#6: 2006 (Florida 38, Arkansas 28)
In 2006, the Gators weren't quite in the midst of their Alabama-like lording over of the college football landscape, but this win over Arkansas is probably the game that would eventually set it in motion. The Razorbacks had not had a great history up until this point in SEC title games, having been outscored 69-6 in their previous appearancesd in the game (and they have still not managaed to win one), but after falling behind to the Gator juggernaut 17-0 in this one, the Higs would show some fight not previously seen in their other two title game appearances to take a 21-17 lead in the midway in the third quarter. But that's when tbey would make the crucial mistake of the game, fumbling an attempt at an over-the-shoulder catch of a punt, which Florida would recover in the end zone for the go-ahead, and back-breaking touchdown on their way to the first BCS Championship Game and their manhandling of Ohio State.
#5: 2001 (LSU 31, Tennesee 20)
In the 2001 game, LSU was still pre-Les Miles, but did have pre-Alabama Nick Saban coaching them as they prepared to take on #2 Tennessee in the Tigers' first SEC Championship Game. What they didn't have, at least for the majority of the game, was the steady hand and leadership of their quarterback Rohan Davey, who went down early in the game and was replaced by redshirt freshman Matt Mauck. But all he would do is win MVP honors in leading LSU back from a 17-16 fourth-quarter deficit to 15 points in the final victory and an upset win in the game. It also gave LSU their first SEC title since 1988, and their first outright one since 1986. It also sent them to the Sugar Bowl and the Vols tumbling from a potential Orange Bowl and national title opportunity all the way down to the Citrus Bowl.
#4: 2007 (LSU 21, Tennessee 14)
It's not by accident that I rank these games back-to-back, as six years after LSU ruined Tennessee's national title hopes, the Vols had the chance to do the same to the now Les Miles-coached Tigers. And they were almost successful. Led by the unheralded but effective Erik Ainge, the Vols held a slim 14-13 lead in the fourth quarter when he made the crippling mistake that wound up costing them the game. With just over 10 minutes left to play in the game, Ainge had a pass picked off by LSU defensive back Jonathan Zenon and ran back 18 yards for the game-winning score, and would go up by seven after game MVP and LSU QB Ryan Perrilloux ran in a 2-point conversion to account for the final margin, Thanks to losses by both West Virginia and Missouri on the same day, LSU would use this game to propel them to a BCS national title, as they would beat Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game.
#3: 1992 (Alabama 28, Florida 21)
The inaugural SEC Championship Game, played in Birmingham, would be the last stop on the way to undefeated Alabama's national title-winning Sugar Bowl destruction of Miami, but would also be one of the Tide's toughest. It didn't appear as though it would start out that way, as Alabama would eventually get out to a 21-7 lead, only to see the Gators rally to tie the game at 21 halfway through the fourth quarter, putting the first really legitimate heat on Gene Stallings' eventual championship outfit since they squeaked past Tennessee by a touchdown in October. But the Tide wouldn't blink, and it would be their defense that would come through with the game winner, as Antonio Langham would intercept Shane Mathews and run it back 21 yards for a score with 3:21 left, sending Langham to the game's MVP honors and Alabama to an easy national title-clenching Sugar Bowl win over "the U".
#2: 2008 (Florida 31, Alabama 20)
This was the sixth meeting between the Gators and Crimson Tide (and the following year's rematch would make it seven), but there had never been more on the line than in this one between the undefeated, Nick Saban-coached #1 Crimson Tide and the second-ranked, once-beaten, Tim Tebow-led Gators. And as the SEC always seems to do, its featured attraction lived up to the hype. After a field goal gave Alabama a 20-17 fourth-quarter lead, the Gators and their star power would take over, as Tebow would lead them on two touchdown drives, one finished by a Jeff Demps run and one finished off by Tebow himself, as he threw a touchdown pass to Riley Cooper, earning Tebow game MVP honors and the Gators a national title game appearance, where they would beat Oklahoma for their second title in three years.
#1: 2012 (Alabama 32, Georgia 28)
Accuse me of taking the easy way out if you want, but in my opinion, not only is last year's game between the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs the most recent SEC title game, but it's also the best. Alabama, obviously, was coming into the game as the defending national champion, and even though they had lost a regular-season game to the Johnny Football-led Texas A&M Aggies earlier in the year in Tuscaloosa, they, as were the Bulldogs, were assured a spot in the title game with a win here, with only Notre Dame left standing unbeaten. We all know how this one unfolded, I'm sure, as it happened 367 days ago as of this writing, but for those who might not remember, the Bulldogs started a drive from their own 15-yard line with a chance to win the game late, only to fall 5 yards short after Aaron Murray had a pass deflected and caught short of the end zone, which led to Georgia running out of time thanks to Mark Richt not knowing how to work a clock and leaving them without a timeout.
So there you have my list of the ten best games in SEC Championship Game history. I'm sure this one will be up for great debate, but one thing we can all agree on is that by Saturday night, we'll know whether this year's Auburn-Missouri edition belongs on this list or not.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:54 PM GMT on August 28, 2009
Tropical Storm Danny continues to weaken, and may merely be a tropical depression. Data from the Hurricane Hunters early this morning showed top winds of just 40 mph at the surface, and satellite intensity estimates of Danny's strength are now rating the storm a tropical depression. Danny looks very disorganized on satellite imagery (Figure 1), with the low-level circulation center exposed to view. There is no heavy thunderstorm activity near Danny's center, and only a small area of heavy thunderstorms lying several hundred miles east of the center.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Danny, showing the exposed swirl of clouds where Danny's center is, well displaced from the heaviest thunderstorm activity to the east.
The forecast for Danny
With wind shear at 15 knots this morning, and forecast to increase to 20 knots tonight and 30 knots Saturday morning, is is unlikely Danny will be able to strengthen to more than a 50 mph tropical storm. Dry air from the upper-level low that has been keeping Danny disorganized continues to be a problem for the storm, as well. The GFDL and HWRF models continue to insist Danny will strengthen to a strong tropical storm or weak Category 1 hurricane, but this seems very unrealistic given Danny's current struggles. With Danny's heavy thunderstorms all on the east side of the storm, it is unlikely that New England will feel tropical storm force winds from Danny when it scoots past on Saturday. Large swells from Danny creating high surf along the beaches of New England will be the primary hazard from the storm.
Massachusetts hurricane history
Two tropical storms have affected Massachusetts in the past decade, though neither of these storms brought sustained winds of tropical storm force (39 mph) to the state. Tropical Storm Beryl of 2006 just missed Cape Cod as a weak tropical storm with 45 mph winds. Beryl brought wind gusts to tropical storm force to Nantucket Island, and a 1 foot storm surge. Tropical Storm Hermine hit southeast Massachusetts on August 31, 2004, as a minimum-strength tropical storm with 40 mph winds. No land stations in Massachusetts reported tropical storm force winds during Beryl. The last time Massachusetts measured tropical storm force winds was in 1991 during Hurricane Bob, which hit Rhode Island as a Category 2 hurricane. Provincetown, Massachusetts measured sustained winds of 98 mph, gusting to 115 mph, and Buzzard's Bay received a 15 foot storm surge.
Figure 2. Tropical wave 94L, a few hundred miles west of the Cape Verdes Islands.
Invest 94L
A well-organized tropical wave (94L) lies a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cape Verdes Islands. This disturbance has shown little change this morning. This morning's QuikSCAT pass shows a complete circulation, elongated in the east-west direction, with top winds of 30 mph. Satellite imagery shows only a small amount of heavy thunderstorm activity near the circulation center, but considerable thunderstorm activity south of the center. Shear is low, about 10 knots, and is expected to remain low to moderate, 5 - 15 knots, over the next five days. The waters are warm enough to support development, 28°C, and are expected to remain in the 27 - 28°C range over the next five days. The dry Saharan Air Layer (SAL) lies about 200 miles to the north and west of 94L, and it appears from water vapor satellite imagery that a modest amount of dry air from the SAL is now being ingested into the storm, slowing development. Dry air will continue to slow development until 94L's heavy thunderstorm activity can moisten the atmosphere enough to shield the storm from the Saharan Air Layer. NHC is giving 94L a medium (30 - 50% chance) of developing into a tropical depression by Sunday. The GFDL and SHIPS models both predict 94L will be a Category 1 hurricane five days from now. However, the HWRF model does not develop 94L. Most of the models predict 94L will take a significant northward jog 3 - 5 days from now, in response to a strong trough of low pressure passing to the north (this is the same trough of low pressure that will be recurving Danny out to sea). It is then probable that 94L will be forced to the west again as the high pressure ridge steering the storm builds back in, and 94L will likely be a few hundred miles northeast of the Northern Lesser Antilles Islands seven days from now.
I'll have an update this afternoon.
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Edinburgh ran five tries past PRO12 newcomers Zebre for an easy 41-10 victory at Murrayfield on Friday.
Edinburgh ran five tries past PRO12 newcomers Zebre for an easy 41-10 victory at Murrayfield on Friday.
Two tries from Tim Visser helped Edinburgh on their way to a comfortable bonus-point.
A penalty from the reliable boot of Greig Laidlaw settled any early nerves for the hosts but they had to wait until midway through the first half to add to their lead as new boys Zebre, who are yet to win a game, battled hard.
Edinburgh were the better side though and made the first major breakthrough thanks to a trademark snipe from scrum-half Richie Rees. He found Sean Cox on his shoulder and the big forward did the rest.
Daniel Halangahu did get the visitors on the scoreboard with three points shortly afterwards but Laidlaw restored the 10-point advantage with another penalty before a try from the prolific Visser gave them even more breathing space at the break.
A rare scrum against the head laid the foundations for Visser's try and the Dutchman finished the move off with aplomb before Laidlaw added the conversion to make it 20-3 at half-time.
The home side picked up where they left off in the second half as well, with hooker Ross Ford crossing early on after a terrific break from centre Matt Scott had made the try possible.
And Edinburgh duly wrapped up the bonus point with a fourth try midway through the half, the forwards driving their Italian counterparts back relentlessly and forcing the referee to award a penalty try.
Zebre did grab a try of their own through their Samoan full-back Sinoti Sinoti but, just as they looked like finishing the game strongly, Visser hacked the ball on from inside his own half and left everyone else trailing in his wake before touching down.
The fifth try was perhaps harsh on the visitors but there was no doubt about the result, which sees Edinburgh well-placed towards the top of the table but leaves Zebre rooted to the bottom.
The scorers:
For Edinburgh:
Tries: Cox , Visser 2, Ford, Penalty try
Cons: Laidlaw 5
Pens: Laidlaw 2
For Zebre:
Try: Sinoti
Cons: Halangahu
Pens: Halangahu
Yellow cards: Geldenhuys (Zebre – 34th min)
Edinburgh: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Greig Laidlaw (capt), 9 Richie Rees, 8 Netani Talei, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Stuart McInally, 5 Sean Cox, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 John Yapp.
Replacements: 16 Andy Titterrell, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Perry Parker, 20 Dimitri Basilaia, 21 Chris Leck, 22 John Houston, 23 Tom Brown.
Zebre: 15 Sinoti Sinoti, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Daniel Halangahu, 11 Ruggero Trevisan, 10 Alberto Chiesa, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Andries van Schalkwyk, 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Emiliano Caffini, 5 Josh Sole, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Luciano Leibson, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Andrea De Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Luca Redolfini, 19 Filippo Cazzola, 20 Filippo Ferrarini, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Paolo Buso, 23 Alberto Benettin.
Venue: Murrayfield
Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (FIR)


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What does a letter mean to your sponsored child?
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I was relatively new to gardening when I discovered the unique, exotic beauty of caladiums (Caladium x hortulanum). A neighbor shared some caladium bulbs (tubers) with me, which I haphazardly buried in my sandy Florida garden soil. You can imagine my thrill as a newbie gardener when the leaves sprouted into bursts of colorful foliage. The dazzling display convinced me to plant them every spring. Caladiums sing with vibrant tropical exuberance in my garden each summer. Since that first effortless yield over 20 years ago, my fervor for planting caladium bulbs soars with every successful season.
I quickly learned from that first chance encounter with caladiums how easily they thrive in the sweltering, humid conditions of a Florida garden. Caladium plants are virtually disease- and insect-free, require little maintenance and boast long-lasting, colorful foliage for summer. My aim is to encourage utilization of cheerful, lively caladiums in every garden.
Caladiums aren't just for the tropics. They require a warm, moist environment and prefer a well-draining, acidic medium mixed with organic matter. These conditions can be produced in the ground, in baskets or in container arrangements. Plant bulbs 1.5-2" into the ground when soil temperature remains above 65° F in spring or summer.
Caladiums provide bold foliage and outstanding textural quality in the landscape. They look stunning in large sweeps weaved along a curving border or dotted in clumps to add pizzazz to specific spots within a bed. Ordinarily, I choose one variety such as 'White Queen' or 'Miss Muffett' to contrast with an existing mix of evergreen perennials. The results are dramatic. A substantial number of heart-shaped colorful caladium leaves growing en masse are impressive.
Many gardeners are aware that caladiums add distinctive, colorful foliage to the shade garden. A little-known fact about caladiums is that new hybrids have been bred to tolerate the sun. There are red varieties such as 'Red Frill' and 'Florida Red Ruffles' - the latter is notably more cold-tolerant allowing it to last further into the fall season. Pink caladiums that don't mind the sun are 'Candyland,' 'Rosemary,' 'Starburst,' and 'Victoria.' My personal favorite white variety that does exceptionally well in my sunniest locations is 'White Wonder.' Other white caladiums in the sun-tolerant group include 'Mount Everest,' 'White Star,' 'White Delight' and 'White Marble.'
Wherever you garden, you can incorporate caladium bulbs into your summer plantings. I'm confident their lively faces will brighten your garden, and you'll be delighted with the spectacular results.


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This family-friendly Istanbul hotel is located by the sea, within 1 mi (2 km) of Istanbul Military Museum, Dolmabahce Palace, and Istanbul Cevahir Shopping and Entertainment Centre. Taksim Square and Dot are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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This hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and an indoor pool. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a nightclub, 2 bars/lounges, and a 24-hour fitness center are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 82 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and sofa beds. Living rooms and dining areas are standard, as are LCD TVs with cable channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
The Sofa Hotel Istanbul - Special Class
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, The Sofa Hotel Istanbul - Special Class features an indoor pool and a spa tub. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 13993 square feet (1300 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a nightclub, a 24-hour fitness center, and a sauna. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
The Sofa Hotel Istanbul - Special Class has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 82
- Number of floors - 7
- ATM/banking
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Designated smoking areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 6
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (feet) - 13993
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Nightclub
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 1300
- Sauna
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Separate living room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Separate dining area
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Free newspaper
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Pay movies
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cable TV service
- Sofa bed
- Free WiFi
- Separate dining area
- Separate living room
- Private bathroom
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Sofie - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
Green Spa has 10 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with hot springs/mineral springs, a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open daily.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Steam room in spa
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Hot springs/mineral springs in spa
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Number of treatment rooms 10
- Couples treatment rooms
- Body scrubs
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 6 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of TRY 85 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between TRY 50 and TRY 100 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: TRY 40 per night
- Pet fee: TRY 85 per pet, per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Sofa Istanbul
- Istanbul Sofa Hotel
- Sofa Hotel Istanbul
- Sofa Hotel Istanbul Special Class
- Sofa Hotel Special Class
- Sofa Istanbul Hotel
- Sofa Istanbul Special Class
- Sofa Special Class
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 3 children 6 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
National Rating
Turkey Ministry of Tourism assigns an official classification for accommodations in Turkey. This Hotel property is awarded the following classification: Special Class.


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Michael Noer, Forbes Staff
I read, write and think for a living.
Wife or whore?
The choice is that simple. At least according to economists Lena Edlund and Evelyn Korn, it is.
The two well-respected economists created a minor stir in academic circles a few years back when they published "A Theory of Prostitution" in the Journal of Political Economy. The paper was remarkable not only for being accepted by a major journal but also because it considered wives and whores as economic "goods" that can be substituted for each other. Men buy, women sell.
Economists have been equating money and marriage ever since Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker published his seminal paper "A Theory of Marriage" in two parts in 1973 and 1974–also, not coincidentally, in the Journal of Political Economy.
Becker used market analysis to tackle the questions of whom, when and why we marry. His conclusions? Mate selection is a market, and marriages occur only if they are profitable for both parties involved.
Becker allowed nonmonetary elements, like romantic love and companionship, to be entered into courtship's profit and loss statement. And children, in particular, were important. "Sexual gratification, cleaning, feeding and other services can be purchased, but not children: Both the man and the woman are required to produce their own children and perhaps to raise them," he wrote.
But back to whores: Edlund and Korn admit that spouses and streetwalkers aren't exactly alike. Wives, in truth, are superior to whores in the economist's sense of being a good whose consumption increases as income rises–like fine wine. This may explain why prostitution is less common in wealthier countries. But the implication remains that wives and whores are–if not exactly like Coke and Pepsi–something akin to champagne and beer. The same sort of thing.
As with Becker, a key differentiator in Edlund and Korn's model is reproductive sex. Wives can offer it, whores can not.
To be fair, Edlund and Korn were merely building an admittedly grossly simplified model of human behavior in an attempt to answer a nagging question: Why do hookers make so much money? Prostitution is, seemingly, a low-skill but high-pay profession with few upfront costs, micro-miniskirts and stiletto heels aside.
Yet according to data assembled from a wide variety of times and places, ranging from mid-15th-century France to Malaysia of the late 1990s, prostitutes make more money–in some cases, a lot more money–than do working girls who, well, work for a living. This held true even for places where prostitution is legal and relatively safe. In short, streetwalkers aren't necessarily being paid more for their increased risk of going to jail or the hospital.
Notwithstanding Jerry Hall's quip when she was married to Mick Jagger, about being "a maid in the living room and a whore in the bedroom," one normally cannot be both a wife and a whore. "Combine this with the fact that marriage can be an important source of income for women, and it follows that prostitution must pay better than other jobs to compensate for the opportunity cost of forgone-marriage market earnings," Edlund and Korn conclude.
Another zinger: "This begs the question of why married men go to prostitutes (rather than buying from their wives, who presumably will be low-cost providers, considering that they can sell nonreproductive sex without compromising their marriage)." Guys, nothing says "Happy Valentine's Day" more than "low-cost provider."
Of course, it's easy to pour cold water on some of the assumptions made in Edlund and Korn's mathematical model. But these so-called "stylized facts" are supposed to predict human behavior; they don't necessarily pretend to mirror it.
In particular, the assumption that there is no "third way" between wife and whore is problematic, if not outright offensive: "The third alternative, working in a regular job but not marrying, can be ruled out, since we assume that the only downside of marriage for a woman is the forgone opportunity for prostitution."
Be sure to let all your married friends know what they're missing.
Also, the emphasis on the utility of children is puzzling. In most Western democracies, fertility rates have plummeted as wealth has increased. Empirically, men not only buy fewer whores as they get richer, but they have fewer children.
Still, the economic analysis of marriage explains one age-old phenomenon: gold digging.
"In particular, does our analysis justify the popular belief that more beautiful, charming and talented women tend to marry wealthier and more successful men?" wrote Becker. His answer: "A positive sorting of nonmarket traits with nonhuman wealth always, and with earnings power, usually, maximizes commodity output over all marriages."
In other words, yes, supermodels do prefer aging billionaires. And Gary Becker proved it mathematically decades before The Donald married Melania.


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Skip to comments.We are within 1 point - Mourdock surging!--Indiana Senate Race (TPX) [Sarah Palin Endorses]
Posted on 04/28/2012 5:09:15 AM PDT by Syncro
Dear Tea Party Supporters,
Dear Tea Party Supporters,
Conservative leader and Tea Party great Sarah Palin just endorsed Richard Mourdock for Indiana U.S. Senate and had this to say:
Lugar is from Indian? That's news. Didn't realize he lived there at all.....
His drool-cup attendants had better get ready now to contain his excitement.
WOO HOO - Bring it over the top by TEA TIME, Mourdock!!
He'll need a diaper change after this and put to bed.
Citizens United poll shows a 5 point spread in favor of Mourdock.
Restoring the American Dream Bus Tour Launches April 27th [Tea Party Express]. Dear Tea Party Activists, The Tea Party Express team is excited to announce the Restoring the American Dream national bus tour. . Click here for a complete tour schedule . It is so very important that we all come together this year and confront the failed leadership and policies of President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Senate. We cannot do it without your support As we are sure you all know by now, we must take the gavel out of the hand of Harry Reid. This tour will make stops in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,...
This one says Lugar is trailing by FIVE!
Well that is good news!
Yesterday down by 1, today up by FIVE!!
Rally the Tea Party! Ride to the sound of the guns! Lets show the GOP that the party of the Rattlesnake Flag is alive and well! If we can pull off this upset it might change a few things. For one thing—the GOP will take Sarah Palin serious!
Just because Romney has wangled his way to the top of the GOP heap is no reason to give up on the Tea Party! What would George Washington have done? We must work harder to get Tea Party Conservative in the Senate and Congress as well as the state houses. The Tea Party is the cure for the RINO disease! BUT we must NOT lose hope—now is not the time to fold our tents and go home! We must work harder to make sure Mittens has a CONSERVATIVE Congress to hold his feet to the fire!
The PA Tea Party appeared impotent in the recent primary. (At least in SouthCentral PA)
"My prediction is that the ascendancy of the Farleftwingtard Romney will depress the Conservative vote sufficiently to allow Lugar to win the primary."
Sorry, you're not going to be able to depress our enthusiasm for getting TRUE CONSERVATIVE Senate candidates to win primary elections this year.
Lugar is TOAST—and Richard Mourdock is going to win the general election in November in a LANDSLIDE.
I wish all this is true, cut then there are Republican primary voters, many fully uninformed, to temper your optimism.
I'm hopeful, but the voters tend to turn victories into losses come election day. Everything they learn and know about why they should vote someone out seems to be set behind the mind-block of sticking with the familiar, despite being stabbed in the eye time after time.
I hope Indiana voters give me reason to celebrate a potential change in the political winds.
"I wish all this is true, cut then there are Republican primary voters, many fully uninformed, to temper your optimism."
I'm not a believer in defeatism—particularly when I'm picking up the scent of victory in the air. I'll "temper my optimism" by making an additional small donation to Richard Mourdock's campaign. We should all do that if we're able. Every $25 or $35 or more adds up.
You can do the same—temper your pessimism by making a donation or getting involved in support of this and similar TRUE CONSERVATIVE campaigns.
Here's the website link:
Will the Tea Party Express continue to as aggressively support Mourdock after he wins this primary or jump ship like they did last time around? "Yay - we won the primary!" and then disappear, allowing the candidates to lose to liberal Democrats?
The Tea Party Express has very little credibility with me given what they have done in the past.
Some follow them closely, others complain.
This race is the only reason I am going to the polls next month!
Would IN law allow the drab Lugar to run as a Democrat this fall; wouldn't he have to wait until 2016 to ago against Coates?
Don't you think every conservative vote that Lugar has cast has been with great sorrow if not reluctance? Hoosiers have been fooled too long and may continue in their foolishness.
Lugar is on his way out.
Every single person in my family is voting against him.
I just don't see Dick being able to overcome this challenge.
It was not vague at all - it's precisely what they did. If they do it again this time around, they are a useless organization.
Sorry, I stand with the Tea Party folks (including the Tea Party Express). They're doing yeoman's work supporting a number of TRUE CONSERVATIVE candidates. And their efforts are bearing tasty fruit for those of us interested in a Conservative Ascendancy, thank you.
Anyone can go through posts and threads here on FR and see you are grossly misinformed, or for some reason wish to discredit one of the most effective tea party orgs out there.
Working tirelessly for conservative candidates and ideals since even before the tea party movement began.
If you are so adamant in wishing to discredit the Tea Party Express, start your own thread with facts and links.
You just look like a foolish disruptor posting...yes your VAGUE... and undocumented digs at TPX.
I'm going to vote for Mourdock,and haven't voted Lugar for several elections.
and if Newt is still listed on the ballot ,I'll vote gor him as well just to send a message.
The ONLY plus to Lugar in the past was his being listed as a Republican kept the Democrats from control of the Senate for a couple years.You could say the same about Snowe,etc.
I believe I heard that Lugar has been endorsed by macstain, that should enough for anybody to vote out macstain's buddie.
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Tourism by World Region
In 2013, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) grew by 5% in 2013, reaching a record 1087 million arrivals worldwide, up from 1035 million in 2012, when the 1 billion mark was exceeded for the first time ever.
Slightly over half of all travellers arrived at their destination by air (53%) in 2013, while the remainder travelled by surface transport (47%) – whether by road (40%), rail (2%) or over water (5%).
Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).


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Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Reading Level Adult/ though it's clean and would be appropriate for a young audience
Hardcover, 336 pgs.
Published April 10th, 2012 by Tor
Source: Publisher
Please note this is the second in a series and the description as well as the review may have slight spoilers for the first book.
Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue.In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent's concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon…to escaping it.Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison . . . and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war.
Shades of Milk and Honey was one that totally blew me away. I have a hard time reading Jane Austen because of the length and the many descriptions and I feel that the author has brought us a new version (it's a new story and everything) that is nice and easy to read. The comparisons to Jane Austen are that it's in her style, she uses the words that Jane Austen used and tries to avoid using any words that weren't in existence at that time and the writing feels like Jane Austens as well as it's the same type of story that she wrote. But it's much faster and easier to read. And Mary Robinette Kowal, the genius, has added magic to the picture!
Now don't get any ideas that this is full of constant action or anything, but I felt like it moved at a good pace. Yes, sometimes things went a bit slower as Jane and Vincent learned new glamural techniques, etc, but I never felt bored at all. And in fact I am surprised that I comprehend so much of the magical stuff. You see magic is pulled from the ether and is made into things that everyone can see. People can glamour their sofa to look newer, they can glamour a painting to look better, they can create a fish tank with fish that appear to be swimming around. They can even use glamour to appear invisible. It's quite a remarkable thing and the fact that I can imagine it and it seems like it could be real means that the author did a brilliant job in describing how it's done without boring me! HUGE props to her for that!
This book takes place in Belgium rather then in England (other then the very beginning) and I appreciated the change in scenery. Also the manners over there are quite different from those in England and you really see how stuffy those British could be at that time. Most of the book is about Jane and Vincent learning some new techniques and then Jane discovering her own MAJOR discovery! It's not until the last quarter that the real action happens. Now the description tells you but for those who don't want to know I'm not going to say what this action is, but it definitely added to the story quite a lot and made me love Jane even more!
This is a clean read and while it reads for adults being as the characters are adults, it would work as a crossover for young adults who may enjoy the classics like Jane Austen or are interested in historical fiction books. I very highly recommend you pick this series up and give it a try!
4/5 stars
Disclosure: I received this book for review purposes and all opinions expressed are my own, I was not paid or influenced in any way.


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Conference Information
|Full Title:
|Syntactic Variation and Change
|Lund, Sweden
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|02-Apr-2013 - 02-Apr-2013
|Ida Larsson
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|GLOW 36 Workshop: Syntactic Variation and Change
Lund, April 2, 2013
Invited speaker: Marit Westergaard, University of Tromsø
Since the introduction of the principles-and-parameters theory of universal grammar (Chomsky 1981), comparative studies of syntactic phenomena have been a constant domain of inquiry from both a synchronic and a diachronic point of view. A dominant hypothesis during the 80s and early 90s was that linguistic variation is due to varying settings of parameters that determine clusters of surface properties (see e.g. Rizzi 1982, Baker 1989, Holmberg & Platzack 1995 for synchronic studies and e.g. van Kemenade 1987, Falk 1993 and Roberts 1993 for diachrony). The hypothesis predicts there to be clusters of surface effects of these deep-lying parameters in the languages of the world. However, few attempts to identify universally valid macroparameters have been completely successful, and in many cases, grammatical properties do not seem to be linked to each other in the way that was originally suggested; the linguistic reality is simply too complex to be governed by a limited set of macroparameters (see e.g. Newmeyer 2004, Roberts & Holmberg 2005 and Baker 2008 for discussion).
Over the last decades, the focus of interest has changed from macroparameters to microvariation, and considerable progress has been made in the microcomparative work on closely related languages (or dialects) (see e.g. Kayne 2000). Large projects such as ASit on Italian dialects, FRED on English dialects, SAND on Dutch dialects, and ScanDiaSyn on Scandinavian (to name but a few) have collected a large amount of new data that has enriched the theoretical discussion of a wide range of syntactic phenomena (including e.g. doubling, negative concord, noun phrase syntax and verb placement).
The questions of synchronic syntactic variation and parameters are obviously closely tied to questions of syntactic change. However, the diachronic origin of the observed microvariation has received rather little attention. Theoretically oriented research on syntactic change has focused on questions regarding the relationship between acquisition and change (e.g. Lightfoot & Westergaard 2007), as well as grammaticalization in terms of economy principles (e.g. van Gelderen 2004). An old matter of dispute is the question of how the gradualness of change from a diachronic perspective is represented in the formal and intrinsically non-gradual grammatical system: in terms of competing grammars (Kroch 1989 etc.) or as variation within one single grammar (Koopman 1990, Lightfoot 1991 etc.). There have, however, been few explicit attempts to address the problem of the apparent gradience of on-going change within the microcomparative paradigm.
A better understanding of both synchronic and diachronic variation, and the relation between the two, is clearly a prerequisite for more general theoretical insights in the field of syntactic change. Earlier historical studies on syntactic change now need to be re-evaluated and framed in different terms, and the variation revealed in the synchronic dialect studies needs to be related to diachrony. The results from the dialect projects clearly raise the questions: how did the observed differences between closely related varieties emerge, and how can they be explained?
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Agilent's Test Setup Enables Fully Automated Receiver Tests with J-BERT N4903A and ParBERT 81250A
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 2, 2008
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has qualified its DisplayPort physical layer sink test platform. During the qualification event, Agilent's solution went through a rigorous testing process evaluating measurement results and the level of automation provided by various test configurations. In addition, Agilent's DisplayPort receiver characterization and compliance test software qualified for automating the test setup.
The test solution included the Agilent J-BERT N4903A high-performance serial BERT or ParBERT 81250A as stressed signal generator, the new N4915A-006 DisplayPort ISI generator and W2641A DisplayPort test fixture.
In February 2008, VESA qualified Agilent as physical layer transmitter compliance test vendor for its DSO90000A Series high-performance oscilloscope.
"We are very pleased to fully certify the Agilent test solution with this qualification," said Bill Lempesis, executive director at VESA. "Using the Agilent DisplayPort test setup will allow test labs to meet the DisplayPort standard, reduce test time and increase throughput."
"Naturally, we are excited to have been again qualified by VESA for DisplayPort sink testing," said Brian Fetz, DisplayPort program manager of Agilent's Digital Test Division. "Along with our partner BitifEye, who provides the receiver test automation software, we are committed to help drive the future of the DisplayPort interface and will stay focused to enabling our DisplayPort customers. Providing solutions that range from manual test to fully automated is indicative of our commitment. "
Benefits of the Agilent DisplayPort receiver test solution include:
Additional information about Agilent's DisplayPort compliance test solution is available at www.agilent.com/find/DisplayPort. High-resolution images are available at www.agilent.com/find/DisplayPort_images.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent DisplayPort test solution is available now; pricing depends on the configuration. Pricing for the recommended Agilent J-BERT N4903A configurations starts at $121,000.
About DisplayPort
The DisplayPort digital display specification was published by the Video Electronics Standards Association and is being endorsed by major PC manufacturers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard Co. It was moved to standard 1.1 in January 2008 and promises a scalable, license-free technology that will simplify PC monitors.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
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