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Did Anyone From Cudahy Attend This Business Symposium?
I shudder to ask if anyone in Cudahy Economic Development, the Mayor or if anyone from the City attended or even knew about this.
Cudahymom01 – Why would local agencies want to help businesses?
Retailers getting a helping hand
Symposium will be the first step in support system for local businesses
Sensing that Milwaukee-area retailers could use some support, a group of local agencies has called together business owners Wednesday night to ask what kind of help they need - the first step in what organizers say could become a new network aimed at strengthen retailing here.
In a meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Milwaukee, attendees of the Greater Milwaukee Retail Symposium will be asked to prioritize information and training they could use to bolster their business, from how to use social media to attract customers to how to hire good employees.
Once they know what retailers are seeking most, organizers plan over the next couple of months to put on reduced-cost seminars or workshops addressing those issues.
While the Milwaukee area has efforts to help other industries, retailing is "just sort of left behind," said Lyn Falk, owner of the consulting firm Retailworks Inc. in Mequon.
"Why can't we make retail more of a destination in Milwaukee?" Falk said
With that question in mind, Falk met with leaders of four organizations that have an interest in seeing Milwaukee-area retailing succeed and grow: the Downtown Milwaukee Business Improvement District, Local First, Visit Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp., or WWBIC. The group conducted a preliminary online survey of retailers in November and found interest in issues such as social media marketing, branding, how to display merchandise and improving customer service.
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If anything some of you should be more concerned about Barrow's inconsistent pass coverage ability...it's all a work in progress...
why would chief put in Hatcher over Minter for most of 2011?
False. Hatcher started the first three games, which included wins over two ranked teams. Minter starated the fourth game against West Virginia and never looked back.
but Hatcher had years of understanding the defense and making calls over Minter.
he gets pwn3d on the first play and isn't even close to the play many times
the one a couple plays later where he gets lost before the snap, barrow has to basically push him out of the way and then he gets pushed 5 yards to the side and pancaked is promising
bamas o-line last season is not the same as any other team in NCAA history. He got manhandled along with everyone else.
watch more games instead of just reading stats and thinking you know anything. Watch the November 2011 Bama game and tell me who is out there missing tackles like its going out of style. Hint: not Minter.
I love Chief, but at times he makes some questionable calls, that being probably the most glaring one I can think of from a personnel standpoint. I know, yada yada yada, no coach is perfect. no really, I know that.
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This is Spring...by Fall it will all sort itself out. I don't think Welter is one of the top three LBs. But he will be needed to back up at some point in the season. So now is the time to work him as hard as possible to push and get the best from when he is needed.
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This sculpture is called Apu Kaz – translated, it is mother and baby. The carvings onto the back of the dugong – in language we call it Mineral. The one I put on this dugong, the bronze, the big one, is a traditional constellation story that is associated with the dugong and two currents. In my language, that constellation is called Kaigas aw usalal – it is the Milky Way constellation. Kaigas aw usalal also refers to the shovelhead shark. When the shark is distributed or we chase it, the dust it leaves behind or, when the shark is attacking something on the sand, the dark silt that it makes on the shallow part is what is called usalal.
So, in my language, Kaigas aw usalal refers to the shovelhead shark who took off and left that Milky Way behind. Now the story goes, and this is real, the shovelhead shark – the Milky Way – is almost like a squid shape. When it points to the tip of Australia (from Badu Island), to Cape York and Papua New Guinea during the night (this is to do with hunting), the current is called Guathath. It's a good time to find the dugong at night, even though they're separated, but only in calm weather during that time of looking at that constellation.
When the dugong comes up out of the sea to breed, and we paddle in the dinghy it's easy to catch them. When the constellation rotates about maybe seven, eight, nine, ten o'clock, before twelve o'clock (as if you are looking at a clock face), it lies across to Cape York and Papua New Guinea (when the current is called Guathath), then about twelve or one o'clock you can see it's rotating and then it lies across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. That's the time the current arrives strong and is called Yamaral Kulis. During the day dugong are good to hunt at Yamaral Kulis but, at night, it's a little bit hard because the ocean is disturbed, so it gets wavy and you can still hear dugongs when they create waves and you can hear them breathing, but during the weak current (Guathath) you can hear them better.
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...that think unemployment at 7.8% is such great news, ever consider why most conservatives wonder what all you fools are so elated about???...well not in the case of "Roger west" who really is in need of a sanity test.
You don't suppose this might have something to do with those numbers eh?
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President Obama and Democrat leadership may not have been great for the economy overall, but the government workers in the public sector are doing pretty good. Unemployment among government employees is the lowest out of any other sector in the economy:(CNSNews.com) The best news anywhere in the U.S. economy over the past three months has been in the government sector, where unemployment has dropped dramatically from 5.7 percent in July to 5.1 percent in August to 4.3 percent in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This is down from 5.7% unemployment in July, and 5.1% unemployment in August.
Lets be clear that while government jobs are necessary and more often than not filled by good people trying to do a good job they are a drain on the overall economy. Government in and of itself is a burden to the economy. The private sector supports the government because a truly free market needs a certain number of laws and enforcement of those laws.
But government jobs are no stimulus to the economy, despite what the Keynsians tell us.
Government jobs are, however, of tremendous stimulus to Democrats who count as perhaps their most important bloc of support the labor unions. And these days the government is the last bastion of organized labor, given that there are more dues-paying union members working in government than the private sector.


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Our original Transformers thread has gone missing, apparently eaten by Unicron (or, more precisely, by the wonked up server which our host was SUPPOSED to have gotten us off of by now ) so we'll have to start anew. I personally feel very bad about this both as a staff member and as a forumite, I put a lot of time into posting in that thread and now it's completely disappeared. But anyway, nothing I can do about that now, maybe in the future once we're moved...
So, the TF:Energon line is on sale at Target right now, it wasn't marked at my store but I picked up Scorponok for $19.99 instead of his normal $24.99 (which is $30 at TRU and $27 at WM); they also have basics for $5 instead of $7, deluxes for $8 instead of $10, and megas for $15 instead of $20 - I found it interesting that this is the 2nd significant sale Target's had on the Energon line in 6 months.
Scorponok wasn't a figure I really wanted, but with the recent addition of Landmine, my poor Energon Decepticons were so badly outnumbered and outgunned that the lower priced Scorponok was a vital addition to the enemy ranks. I didn't realize how similar he and Landmine were in size even though they're not really in the same scale, though Scorponok is much heavier. As I was advised on the old thread, Scorp's US colors are less awful in person than in photos, it's still not as nice as the Japanese version, but it isn't so bad. Vehicle mode is ok, I wish the tail were more articulated so the crane was believable, and I don't really know what to do with the "claws", but the sculpting on this figure is undeniable with lots of details everywhere you look. The various clear yellow bits are pretty bland for me, especially those blades that can be moved out like 10 degrees, they should have been cooler as removable blades or blades that went further out or stowed completely or SOMETHING. The electronics are pretty annoying in vehicle and bot modes, mainly that tail noise that goes off all the time and it's funny, both Landmine and Scorponok feel like they need 1 more noise even though I don't like the idea of sounds at all... I guess 1 more noise would help justify the extra cost and addition of bulky electronics.
Transformation is fairly simple but not terrible, there's enough to do to keep one busy even if it's all quite basic. Bot mode needs a mid-elbow rotation badly, the only way he can hold weapons without looking weird is to have his shoulders re-transformed into hoverjet mode. There's a lot to see and do in bot mode, but he's also kinda basic. The tail not stowing nicely, the head being too easy to accidentally de-transform, and him always leaning forward slightly in a normal stance are my chief negative complaints. Hoverjet mode is ok, but more of an afterthought than anything else. All in all, he's not too bad for $20, but I am glad that I didn't pay more as he's not super amazing.
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Last week, Santa Clara County—which encompasses much of Silicon Valley—set a new standard in local surveillance transparency after months of activism by residents and allies from across the Bay Area. Their efforts, and the policy it enabled, suggest an overlooked strategy in the national battle to curtail unaccountable secret mass surveillance.
Visiting an art exhibit featuring works about the U.S. war on terror or going to a lecture about Islam wouldn't be cause for worry—unless you found out that the government was monitoring and keeping track of attendees. At that point, some people would be spooked and stay away, sacrificing their interests and curiosity to protect their privacy, not look suspicious, or stay off a list some intelligence agency might be keeping.
Cisco custom-built the so-called "Great Firewall of China," also known as the "Golden Shield." This system enables the Chinese government to conduct Internet surveillance and censorship against its citizens. As if that weren't bad enough, company documents also revealed that, as part of its marketing pitch to China and in an effort to meet its customers needs, Cisco built a special Falun Gong module into the Golden Shield that helped the Chinese authorities identify, locate, and ultimately persecute practitioners of that religion by, for example, creating profiles of them that could be used during interrogations and forced conversions (i.e., torture).
The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running battle to protect users' privacy and right to use uncompromised encryption. The case has captured the public imagination. Of course, EFF supports Apple's efforts to protect its users.
The case is complicated technically, and there is a lot of misinformation and speculation. This post will offer a technical overview, based on information gleaned from the FBI's court motion and Apple's security documentation.
The Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County, a jurisdiction in central California, is currently weighing a series of local surveillance reforms that could establish a model for other counties and municipalities. At a hearing last Thursday—one of many so far—I spoke in support of the proposed ordinance and submitted a letter with suggested amendments.
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A Pacific Hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii). Do you think that is the anterior or the posterior of the animal? Photo by Celeste Ramsay
Slime As A Fashion Statement
Are you ready for a hagfish suit? What's a hagfish? A hagfish is a type of jawless fish which has fascinated and grossed-out people for centuries. They may be best known for their habit of wriggling into dead things and eating them from the inside out, but a close second is the copious amounts of slime they can produce. A 6-inch hagfish can fill a gallon bucket with slime in minutes. Take a look at this clip to find out more about this amazing slime. Notice the white spots hovering around the hagfish, they are part of a mucus/slime veil which surrounds the fish. Can you see how far from the animal the veil extends before the hagfish is handled? Does it appear to be uniform around the hagfish?
Notice how cohesive the slime was even when removed from the hagfish, and how it can be pulled and manipulated. These properties come from protein threads which are exuded with the slime and will be important for making a hagfish suit. But let's go back to the hagfish for a little bit before returning to the suit.
Jawless fish are the earliest fish found in the fossil record at a date of 530 MYA. These fossils are part of the Chengjiang fauna and were found in shale deposits in Yunnan Province, China. Their discovery opens up all kinds of questions about the tempo of evolution and the Cambrian explosion, but we don't need to worry about that right now. The oldest hagfish fossil is only 320 million years old. It was believed in the 1800s that the hagfish's simple body plan had to do with it adapting to a parasitic lifestyle and losing characteristics it shared with other fish. This is a very plausible theory, however it is also untrue. We now know that hagfish do actively hunt (you'll see this in the below clip) and are not parasitic or solely scavengers. So what does this mean? Well, the oldest jawless fish are 530 million years old, but they are not hagfish. Scientists are still working out how they are related to hagfish. Moreover, despite what some of you may have heard, hagfish are not living fossils, they are not our ancestors, and they are not primitive though they do utilize a very old body form.
So what about the slime? Why do hagfish make this? Watch this clip carefully, remember the first clip and what the slime looked like, remember also its cohesiveness. Also, make special note of the hunting behavior of the hagfish. Why do you think this behavior was unknown for so long?
Did you notice the slime "ball" left in the shark's mouth? This is particularly bad news for the shark as the cohesiveness of the slime means it can completely cover the sharks gills if ingested. Shark's take in water through their mouths and pass it over their gills in order to obtain the oxygen they need. This system doesn't work so well if a slime membrane covers the gills or fills the mouth. Imagine what it would be like trying to breath with your face covered with plastic wrap or even if you tried to breathe through your mouth with a plastic bag in it. So this slime has definite defensive properties, but what about the predation later in the clip? The hagfish appears to secure its prey, wrap around it, exude slime and then carry the prey away from the slime cloud. Is this really what it is doing? Maybe, but it appears that the slime could also have functions beyond defense. As a matter of fact, recent research indicates that hagfish can absorb nutrients through their skin in a manner reminiscent of flatworms and some aquatic annelids. This certainly casts a different light on their habit of wriggling into corpses and suggests that their trademark slime may have yet another function.
So you see hagfish are pretty sophisticated animals we are still learning much about, but what about a hagfish suit or a dress? Researchers are now investigating hagfish slime as a source of natural fibers which could be used for manufacturing clothes. Currently, many of our clothes are made from synthetic fibers. Apart from clothes, synthetic fibers like Kevlar® are used in bullet-proof vests and as structural reinforcements. But currently, our most widely used synthetic fibers are petroleum based, which means the carbon that makes up the backbone of these fibers comes from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are a limited resource, so any possibility to replace petroleum-based products with products from a renewable resource like hagfish slime can have long-term positive benefits for humankind. Watch this clip to see fibers being pulled from hagfish slime.
- Pulling Fibers From Hagfish Slime at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_iQuueQlA
So what's going on in this clip? Well, researchers isolated the protein component of the slime (the component which gives it its elasticity), and that's what they add to the container with the pipette. The proteins then spread out across the surface of the liquid. When the researchers then grab a piece of the protein film and pull it, the pulling action serves to align and arrange the protein molecules to form a fiber. This fiber is then further manipulated to alter the molecular arrangement of the proteins in the fibers and improve physical properties like strength. So are these textile-quality fibers? Can you buy a hagfish fiber suit? Not yet, but initial results are promising, and you may be able to in the near future. What we do know is that this marvelous substance which has helped hagfish survive as a species has applications far beyond the world of hagfish and provides another example of the unexpected things we can learn from studying the organisms with which we share this planet.
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- What is unique about the hagfish's gonads? Does this situation surprise you? Why or why not? Do you think they may provide some clues about how separate sexes evolved?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaal7Hf0WA
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- http://www.asknature.org/strategy/405070c950ff1a6e25de46b0416cf3c1
- http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bm3011837
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121128112204.htm
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Isn't there a keystroke thing that works also? Like CTRL, left click twice or something?
Will have to play with some of those. I've only done one script, the one that exports all parts from a schematic into a library.
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Well, mirwin's attempt to link to an essay my wife wrote finally got me to post here again (it's actually here; it ends in '.html' not '.htm'). It's a little stilted because her assignment required her to use specific terms from her Sociology class, but at least going to school can get her to write.
She has talked about writing some short stories to illuminate how China has changed in recent years. I hope she will.
I'm a temporary bachelor again, as my wife and half-year-old son went back to China to visit her parents. (Here are a few pictures.)
I'm a little disappointed my Hanzi Quiz program hasn't been more popular. It's popular in it's niche: it was number one in a Google search for "hanzi" for years, until it got beaten out by the venerable Hanzi Smatter.
The thing is, while I took special care to deal with the unique issues surrounding the use of Chinese characters, what I've written is a general purpose study program. The categories could be anything: a dozen different languages (see any one and guess any other), common names versus latin names for plants or animals, dates versus historical events ... absolutely anything. And nobody has taken advantage of this.
Even within the realm of Chinese characters, almost no one has changed the quiz data; many links to my site say "here's a very basic hanzi quiz", but none of these people even seems to realize they can take it and make it as advanced as they please.
Part of the problem is the difficulty of editing the utf-8 entries ... while I could enter the Chinese using emacs, I had to whip up a little perl program to convert "pinyin with trailing tone numbers" to "pinyin with (accent marks as) tone marks". I bundled that program in my tarball, but I don't think anyone else is going to use it.
A potential change for Hanzi Quiz, which I am half-done with but dropped becuase I doubted anyone else would be interested, is to translate that perl code into javascript, so the quiz entries (the "cards") can be written with tone numbers, helping somewhat with the data entry problem. That javascript's done, but that lets me do a second part:
Before the quiz begins, show a screen with all the accented characters used to display the pinyin. If the user can't see all of the characters correctly (which has been a problem in some environments) they can choose to use the tone numbers instead. Yay! What's more...
... using an intro page can allow the user to select which "quiz" to load (a trick I found that works on moz and ie, you have to do something like document.write("</SCR" + "IPT>") to keep the browser from getting confused, but you can choose which .js to load based on a choice from a dropdown list).
The problems are
- The whole thing about the tone numbers pushes the code in the direction of being specifically about hanzi, especially with the "can you see these chars" intro page. (Although quizzes on any subject could still be run in it, and just not use the pinyin stuff.)
- Being able to select many possible quizzes requires someone to come up with the quiz content. I was really hoping someone else would do this part, like a teacher or something. But I haven't had much luck getting anyone else interested.
I could go on about other stuff (like should I try a new distro?) but I'm already up way too late as it is. Maybe later.


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Wisconsin stretches NCAA tournament streak to 15
CHICAGO (AP) - Wisconsin had a lot of work to do to stretch this streak of NCAA tournament appearances to 15 years and counting.
Of all the remarkable accomplishments by coach Bo Ryan in his 12 seasons running the Badgers, this might have been his best. After losing four nonconference games with a rugged Big Ten schedule ahead, just reaching the tournament was a tall task when the holidays arrived.
But not only did the Badgers do that, they rose again to the top in a season when the league was as strong as it's been in perhaps decades, finishing in a tie for fourth place and getting to the Big Ten championship game on Sunday.
Their reward was a No. 5 seed in the West region of the NCAA tournament and an opening matchup on Friday in Kansas City, Mo., against No. 12 seed Mississippi.
"I'm proud of our guys that they were able to put themselves in this position," Ryan said in Chicago after the Badgers lost to Ohio State 50-43 in the conference tournament final. "If somebody would have told me, 'OK, coach, you get Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, and we'll give you two out of three,' I think I would have taken it. I thought our guys fought pretty hard. That's three grueling days right there."
Wisconsin beat Michigan in the quarterfinals and Indiana in the semifinals before falling to Ohio State. The Badgers went 5-4 against the rest of the league's top five teams, beginning with the 64-59 win at Indiana on Jan. 15 that served notice this bunch was just as tough as the others Ryan has had, even if this group isn't as talented.
"We're just excited for the next challenge, and our next challenge is Ole Miss," junior shooting guard Ben Brust said. "Whatever happens on the other side, we have to wait and see."
Mississippi (26-8) got hot at the right time, rolling to the Southeastern Conference tournament title for the first time since 1981 behind stars Murphy Holloway and Marshall Henderson. The Rebels beat Florida on Sunday for the championship, taking down a team that "crushed" the Badgers in November, in Ryan's word. That 74-56 decision at Florida was the largest losing margin for Wisconsin this season.
"Every team that's in is good. Every team has had their run. Every team in the tournament has shown that they can get things done," Ryan said. "I would say Ole Miss has shown they can do quite a few things."
Waiting in the next round if Wisconsin moves on could be Kansas State, which as the No. 4 seed will play the Boise State-La Salle winner. But
"We're not going to look past anybody. That's the biggest thing in this tournament," said senior power forward Mike Bruesewitz, adding: "But I like our draw. I think we've got a good shot."
Wisconsin and Mississippi have never played.
The Badgers are 25-17 all time in the tournament, including 16-11 under Ryan. They were No. 4 seeds in each of the last three seasons and reached the round of 16 the last two years. They've never lost their opening game in six previous trips with Ryan as a No. 5 seed or higher.
"It's a special thing. Everyone dreams of it growing up," Brust said. "You want to play in the NCAA tournament. So enjoy every moment but at the same time stay focused on the task at hand here because we're capable of making a run here."


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Your lack of intelligence is amazing. While trying to sound erudite about global warming and other absolute idiotic ideas, you can't quite grasp why Sodak would have that much return on tax payers money. Let me spell it out for you again, and may your chagrin never end. The reservations of the various Indian nations cover almost a 5th of the state. The Native American population that is TOTALLY funded by the Fed is a huge recipient of your beloved taxes. Couple that with the SFN crowd and it's welfare system, food stamps, etc, etc, etc, and it adds up. Since we don't have any industry to mention, only agriculture, and you know how smart those 'dumb' farmers are...they never pay any income tax...they have no income.
I'm sorry so many of you liberals in Minnesooooota feel cut out of your share, but when the global warming you so looong for takes your home into the lake, you too will be able to put in a claim. Think how happy that will make you...how socialistic you will be able to profess.
Now, let's look at who is really making all that filthy lucre, and why. The stock market is an excellant example of your Democrat and Hollywood lefties getting their wallets filled by your messiah's programs of raiding tax-payers for his pathetic stimulus gifts to the unions and the rest of his cronies that are getting all they can, only to have fools like you that continue to be played by your government rant about the fat cats and wealthy not paying their fair share. Look more closely, Henry. Like no less an authority than Pogo once said,"We have found the enemy, and they are us." Is it fun traveling through life and not realizing how badly you are being used by your Democrat party? I give you this, you are a loyalist willing to fall on the sword 'til you bleed to death.
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Please enlighten me some with your statistical brilliance. Please Give us a breakdown of all states eliminating the costs of the bottom 20% of their all residents. Or is it only fair that only your home state that is allowed to eliminate the bottom 20% in any statistical analysis While your at it please give us the proof of your quoted : "The native American population that is TOTALLY funded by the Fed"


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Hi everyone, I'm a 26-year old struggling Chinese indie game developer who is working on a game project inspired by minecraft.
Unlike most other minecraft-like games, my initial idea was not to clone the boxy style of minecraft but create a more polygonal style, and start from there adding more interesting and realistic physics and multiplayer interaction.
However, the gameplay design is harder than I expected. Since I used to work as a graphics developer and had little experience in game design, it was not until recently that I realize and admit there're simply too much work to do them myself. So now I have to remove some crazy ideas out of my head and really start to think about how to deliver a playable game or promising demo in several months based on whatever I had in hand:
- A system that can generate a smooth polygon representation from a voxel grid, but with limited dimension.
- Some cellular automaton mechanics similar to minecraft.
- A preliminary fighting system.
- Simple AI.
- Multi-player support, but not massive.
I'm no worrying about the visual art, sound and music for now, because they'll be "mod-able". My primary concern is the gameplay design.
Here's a video I made last month to show some basic developing mechanics (no fancy graphics effect yet) and hoping that someone will join me to make them a game. I posted it in China and got limited useful feedbacks (considering minecraft is not so popular in China than it is in the west). So I decided to look for help here. I wouldn't expect to really find some kind of "bussiness partner" here but I hope that I can at least get my head clear on what direction I should take.
(I uploaded a new video without music, so this time it should be fixed at last. It was actually the first time I use youtube, sorry for the inconvenience.)
You can also download a demo here if you're interested.
Here're some game ideas I have:
1. Emphasis on world exploration, building, battle, and survival. Basically it'll look like minecraft survival mode but with more fancy terrain and graphics stuff. The world is big but not infinite, and each server hosts a world and can be different than other servers. Need some quest system to guide the player when they feel nothing to do. I havn't figure out what the endgame will be.
2. Focus on PVE/PVP multi-player interaction. It's gonna be a first/third person view tower defense game. Well, picture minecraft + Orcs must die, and a little bit of DOTA if in PVP mode. The world is small, and each match last about 15~40 minutes. There're gonna be dozens of levels (maps), and need a lot of time to design them. The pace of the game will be much faster than the above.
3. I should probably go find a job in a game company and make this project as a hobby and continue to work on my old crazy ideas, such as really huge, realistic and fully modifiable world with natural simulation, etc.
So what do you think is my best bet? And what do you think is missing from the demo if I'm going to convince you to invest your labour or money in it?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Edit #1: After reviewing some suggestions, I decided to go with world exploration for now. Thanks for all your suggestions.
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Beginner aquarium
Hi everyone I am new to this site and to aquariums. I have been under a lot of stress recently due to studies, work and personal problems and it has completely messed up my sleep. I have tried many different things but to no avail. However I remember as a child I had a small tropical fish tank next to my bed and whenever I had trouble sleeping I used to watch the fish swim about and whatever was keeping me awake seemed to dissappear and I fell asleep straight away. I am hoping that tropical fish will have a similar calming effect on me as an adult and help me with my sleeping problem.
I have decided to get a small tank but have no idea of the set up, maintanance etc so I could really use some help. Here's a list of other things that I'm hoping to get advice for.
I would like to put a plant or two in the small aquarium but I have no idea which would be best (preferably easy to maintain)
I'm not looking to have a wide variety of fish, probably just a small group of the same fish with a bottom feeder to help with cleaning. i would like these to be nice to look at and quite active whilst being to maintain and won't breed frantically as I want to keep the tank size quite small
Any do's and don't that a beginner needs to know.
Hope to get some answers soon and thanks for replies
A good place to start will be to read the cycling stickies found in the beginner section.
I would recommend Fishless cycling, as it is faster, and humane. The rest depends upon your tank size. Tank size will determine where you can go after cycling :)
Do you have a certain size in mind yet?
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640 < cycling link.130g: 4 Angelfish, 2 Roseline Sharks, 12 Conga Tetras, 5 Kuhli Loaches, 1 Otocinslus, 1 Corydora
+1 to fishless cycle, its not as hard as you think. if you have the space for it a decent sized tank for you would be a 29g. you can have 2 schools of smaller fish and maybe a school of corries in there. its also fairly easy to maintain, much easier than a 10g imo. the larger the tank the slower the parameters change. for a set up like you would be looking at i would choose the following (all ideal imo)
set up:
29g (check craigs list for a good stand/tank equipment combo you would be surprised how cheap it can be)
slighlty upgraded lights (for low light plants) dual t8 would do fine or a single t5no would also work fine. 6500K-6700K
glass hood
eheim jager 125W heater
aqua clear 70 filter, or a single aquaclear 30 and a single 50.
maybe a bubbler if you want it
W/E you like for gravel or sand. dark is always nice. sand is better if you want cories
the stock:
(eight of everything to follow)
zebra danio
bleed heart tetras
false julii cory
harlequin rasbora
some plants:
java ferns 2 would be good
anuibus (sp?) 3
water changes and maintenance:
15g weekly water change (ideally)
wipe some algae away if any
bi weekly/monthly gravel vacing
daily feeding of a good flake (i like omega one)
treat with some frozen food
some algae wafers and veggies for the corries.
i know that's ALOT of info i threw at you but a set up like that seems like something you'd like. also feel free to add driftwood and rock work / decor as you see fit.
edit: im sorry i didnt see the "not" when you said a wide variety... sorry...
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Both previous posters are spot on suggesting a fishless cycle. Since stress is an issue for you, cycling your tank without fish is the way to go. You'll have it all ready before you add your stock and won't have to worry about whether or not they will struggle if you cycle the tank with them in it.
I agree, a 29 gallon is a great size for a tank. In addition to the ideas listed above, you could substitute any one of those fish with Colombian Tetra, Serpae tetra, cherry barbs - a huge list.
Since you are a student and want this for your bedroom, if a 29 gallon is too large, perhaps a 10 gallon might be a good size for you. It will be easy to change the water and keep clean and you can stock some really nice fish. I'm thinking a school of neon or cardinal tetras would look great. Harlequin rasboras would also be a good choice. both are pretty fish and active and fun to watch. You could add a couple colorful apple snails for clean up and additional movement or some cherry shrimp would also be a nice addition.
If you don't want to get into plant maintenance, you could add some anubis rooted to a piece of driftwood or float some hornwort.
Others will have some suggestions for you too. Good luck and continue to ask questions. We'll happily help you through the fishless cycle.
Last edited by fishmommie; 03-01-2013 at 04:13 AM.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
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I would advise going in a slightly different direction for stocking. Since you say that you want to keep the tank size small, how about a ten gallon with a male betta and a small group of pygmy corydoras? Neither one will bug the other, the cories will be active mostly in the bottom of the tank and are very cute, while the betta will provide a lot of interest mostly in the middle and top.
I see a few potential weak points in the ,ast two suggestions.
Neons, cardinals and harlequins do like to stretch their fins. If kept at the minimum number of 6 in a 10 gallon there will not be much chance of that. Cardinals also do get relatively big. All three species will survive in conditioned tap water but they will be much happier in soft water.
Pygmy cories, corydoras pygmaeus at least pose another problem. While you could easily keep 6 with a betta in a 10 gallon there's a very good chance you won't see much of them. When kept in the low numbers we typically keep them in an aquarium (after all, not many of us have the space or the money to keep 50+ of them) they rely on dither fish for security.
I have kept mine in a shrimp only in which they were perfectly healthy but you hardly ever saw them. They are now in my big tank and hang out with my green neons a lot of the time.
Assuming that the OP goes to a dorm perhaps a shrimp only is a better idea. If the tank is properly cycled and planted they can easily be left alone during a break with only a weekly feeding. Their bioload is very small so water changes will not be a necessity as much as with fish.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Talldutchie has a good point.
You could focus on making the tank visually beautiful with a few small plants, a decent light, nice substrate, and a few shrimp.
There are loads of colorful and gorgeous shrimp out there! They can be active, and are fun to watch when they work together. Not to mention they are a sort of clean up group, which you mentioned you would like to have.
Or you could do a microfish tank! I know where you can order a wide selection of great fish!
Just a few examples of the stock she carries.
BTW: I'm NOT affiliated with those people, I just thought you'd like to know that the microfish are readily available. :)130g: 4 Angelfish, 2 Roseline Sharks, 12 Conga Tetras, 5 Kuhli Loaches, 1 Otocinslus, 1 Corydora
If you don't have room for a 29 gallon, I love my ten gallon neon tetra tank. Talldutchie will disagree with me on this point as we have in the past. So yes, keeping neons in a 10 gallon is a gray area. I would recommend a school of 8 to 10. You could keep shrimp with them too.
They are very colorful and fun to watch. If neon tetras aren't your thing, you could do a betta with small cories.
Either way, African dwarf frogs are one of the most entertaining occupants for your aquarium, although feeding them is not as easy as feeding the fish because they need to be target feed with reptile tongs or a turkey baster.
The plants recommended by the others are very easy too. Java fern, moss, anubias. I have them all in my tank with a single t8 fluorescent and they grow really well.
If you go with the ten gallon I would get an AquaClear 30 filter, no smaller.
I also agree that the fishless cycle method for prepping the tank is your best jumping off point. Remember when you go to the fish store that the employees are there to sell you things. Don't let them convince you that there is a chemical that you can dump in your tank that will instantly cycle it, because there are a lot of products that make that claim. You'll want to also pick up a water test kit. Many of us use the API Master Test Kit.~Manna
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Sorry to interrupt again here mandy but this is not a small tank species. This is Trigonostigma espei. I keep those. I got them initially in a heavily planted 60cm (2ft, 4inch) wide tank. They did ok but were not very active at all. Once I moved these to my new tank and upped their number to 7 they really started to shine.
The clown killi is an interesting suggestion but requires a well planted tank. The shrimp is one example of what I had in mind.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
*shrugs I didn't do any research on those fish, just showing examples of what is carried there. They specialize in microfish, so I assumed that's what they probably were.
At any rate, I was also taking for granted that the OP would be researching whatever species interested him before actually purchasing.
Of course, maybe I shouldn't assume that, seeing as that's how most people end up in the messes they do. Lol.
SO --- NOTE to OP. DO be sure to research the species you are interested in, even if they are suggested here. :)
Also, I think we're having more fun out of this thread than the OP, seeing as he doesn't seem to have returned! Booo, come back to us!!!! Lol!!!130g: 4 Angelfish, 2 Roseline Sharks, 12 Conga Tetras, 5 Kuhli Loaches, 1 Otocinslus, 1 Corydora


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Fallout from Expedia's (EXPE) disappointing Q2 results last Thursday continues to roll in, following one downgrade on Friday. Today, Lazard Capital Markets's Jake Fuller weighs in, cutting his rating to Neutral from Buy, writing that "it's difficult to see valuation as compelling" even after a decline of 28%, because he has "less confidence in Expedia's ability to main tai double-digit booking growth and stable margins" and because sustainable EPS growth is now less than the 20% he'd previously predicted.
Regarding the announcement this morning that advertising titans Omnicom Group (OMC) and Publicis Group SA (PUBGY) will merger to form a $35.1 billion entity, Citigroup Internet analyst Mark May writes that the deal "is, in our opinion, partly a a response to the growing importance of digital/Internet (and the related risks to their businesses from disintermediation) and could have some long term implications for our coverage universe." He thinks it's positive overall, as large entities are relying more more and more on Internet companies, citing the example of Publicis having cut a deal with AOL (AOL) last week.
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Speaking of Internet, two darlings from last week are going in different directions: Shares of Amazon.com (AMZN) are down $2.54, or 0.8%, at $309.47, after Friday hitting a new lifetime high on the back of its disappointing Thursday Q2 report and a bunch of upgrades, while Facebook (FB) shares are up 88 cents, or 2.6%, at $34.89, following its Q2 mobile advertising surprise on Wednesday evening, and three upgrades the next day. Not a lot of research on the duo this morning, however.
Shares of Dell (DELL) are down 18 cents, or 1.4%, at $12.76, as investors approach a vote this Friday on CEO Michael Dell's proposed leveraged buyout at $13.65 per share. The special committee of Dell's board, you'll recall, has been asked by Mike Dell to change voting rules to eliminate abstentions, which, as my colleague Andrew Bary wrote in Barron's print this weekend, are enough to scuttle the deal.
Dell has posted a transcript of an interview Mike Dell gave Bloomberg yesterday.
Carl Icahn issued another open letter to shareholders this morning, drafted with his partners at Southeastern Asset Management, opposing the Dell bid. Icahn, noting that "billions in market value of Dell share have traded" since Mike Dell's original offer, asks " Is it really OK to change a material fact on which those buyers and sellers relied for a token increase in merger consideration? Is there any price at which this can be done properly? We think not."
File under random: DigiTimes's Daniel Shen and Steve Shen this morning write that Apple (AAPL), BlackBerry (BBRY) and Nokia (NOK) are unlikely to introduce smartphones with 5-inch or larger screens this year, citing multiple unnamed "industry sources." However, the same article goes on to point out the next BlackBerry model, the rumored "A10," is expected to sport a 5-inch organic LED-based display.
Speaking of Apple, Lazard's Ed Parker, who covers the company as a novel twist on flash storage, along with proper storage names such as EMC (EMC) and Seagate Technology (STX) and Western Digital (WDC), this morning reiterates a Buy rating on Apple stock, and a $500 price target, writing "Commentary on new products remains vague, meaning we're still treading water as to timing and slope of the inflection."
"All in all, the good news is that there's reason to be optimistic that things have stopped getting worse and are poised to get better."
And following a report by AllThingsD's John Paczkowski over the weekend stating Apple's senior VP of technologies Bob Mansfield is "no longer on Apple's executive team," CNBC's John Forte this morning reported that Mansfield is expected by his sources to leave the company, and that no one at Apple has said who will replace him.
Apple shares are currently up $6.91, or 1.6%, at $447.90.
Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves this morning warns that after a very weak Q1 for the cable and satellite TV industry for subscriber net additions, Q2 was probably "the worst quarter for Pay TV sub losses at cable/satellite in recent history," with perhaps 200,000 or more average net sub losses among the top eight U.S. operators. He favors Comcast (CMCSA) as the least bad among the threatened group of stocks.
Comcast stock is down 20 cents, or half a percent, at $43.53.


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but your referencing Lerner's article does not in any way justify the dishonest bullshit you wrote here earlier.
let me address your points one by one:
- murder of civillians: where in the article you link to is it said that the 3 murdered people were civillians? free hint: don't call people who shoot at soldiers civillians, because they are not. seek better info before you speak.
- inflammatory rhetoric: no, just propaganda. and believe you me, incredibly benign propaganda compared to what Arafat says to his people.
- religious and political persecution: what? a cleric is heard saying inciting things. a cleric meets with a head of a known terrorist organisation. so the cleric is detained, questioned for 3 hours and freed. this is not political persecution, and not religious one either, sorry. it's not persecution at all -- Israel is at war, you know.
it's the little spins and exaggerations that are most damaging, more than blatant lies.
think before you speak.


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In case you missed it, Romney too called for Deficit spending. Like Reagan's comment, "deficit spending doesn't matter". Maybe you could enlighten us and tell us exactly how Romney was going to take on the Deficit with Deficit spending???
Here is a little History lesson on the Repubs and Deficit spending and don't get me started on Bush!
In 1980, Jimmy Caner's last year as president, the federal government spent a whopping 27.9% of "national income" (an obnoxious term for the private wealth produced by the American people). Reagan assaulted the free-spending Carter administration throughout his campaign in 1980. So how did the Reagan administration do? At the end of the first quarter of 1988, federal spending accounted for 28.7% of "national income."
Even Ford and Carter did a better job at cutting government. Their combined presidential terms account for an increase of 1.4%—compared with Reagan's 3%—in the government's take of "national income." And in nominal terms, there has been a 60% increase in government spending, thanks mainly to Reagan's requested budgets, which were only marginally smaller than the spending Congress voted.
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The American Tax Payer needs to demand that Congress pass a Balanced Budget Amendment. That because neither the Dems or Repubs has the guts to do it. That if they don't pass it in 2013, We The Tax Payer will refuse to pay our taxes. This is an issue I will raise at the January meeting of the Lousiana Libertarian Party meeting in Baton Rouge. I am going to motion that we draft a letter to the national party that they make this a national issue of the party. Not only would the national press not be able to ignore this story but would give the party a boost in exposure, as well as making all tax payers aware that this is the only party that is truely looking after thier interest!


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"The erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre." (J. R. Ward) continues as #1 New York Times best-selling author Christine Feehan links the fates of two strangers bound by a secret in the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains....
Tatijana of the Dragonseekers spent centuries encased in ice with her sister, trapped in limbo between life and death, never speaking to a soul other than those who tormented her. Now, she has been freed from her frozen prison by an unknown descendent. Awakened in human form, Tatijana yearns to explore the modern world in which she now lives - a world with more mysteries than she is prepared for.
Fenris Dalka has returned to the Carpathian Mountains after a long absence to be with his brother. He is scarred by centuries of battle, and every hard-won victory. But the real reason for his return home could prove deadly if discovered by the wrong man - or woman. Upon his arrival, he is compelled by a beautiful and enigmatic stranger who carries the scent of fresh earth, of forest, of the night itself.
In time Tatijana and Fenris will discover all that unites them - their secrets and pasts, their predators, and the hot flush of passion that stirs their souls. Yet just as surely, seduced into the silvery darkness of a full-moon night, they'll also discover everything ancient and evil that exists to destroy them.
©2013 Christine Feehan (P)2013 Penguin Audio
I only made it 20%through the narration before I turned it off and read the story alone. This narrator can't pronounce the main female characters name correctly, he sounds as if he is bored. He reads too fast at times and to slow at others. There is no excitement in the battle scenes and no emotion between the characters. What a shame that a wonderful story is ruined by a horrible narrator. I hope that the next Dark series book they bring back Phil Gigante who is wonderful to listen to and knows how to emote a story.
I can't stress enough what a disservice was done to the story by the narrator. This guy is the worst I have ever listened to, and that is saying something when I have listened to over 200 audio books. If I could I would only give the narrator 1/2 of a star simply for reading it.
"great story but narrator no good"
If a better narrator was used. I recommend narrators from Dark Slayer or Dark Peril. They express the accents better and make u feel more engrossed in the story. I'm hoping better narrator is used for the next two books in this trilogy.
Yes but didn't. Just read the book instead. Narrator very disappointing.
Please use a better narrator for the next two books in the trilogy of this series. Like in Dark Slayer or Dark Peril.
"Amazing how a narrator can DESTROY a book."
Not the audio book version. I will be reading the eBook. This author is usually amazing. It's disappointing!!!
I need to but the hard copy. I couldn't make it through the audio version.
Everything. This is the first time I have heard this narrator. Maybe he's better with other books but not this one. I LOVE Christine Feehan books I own everything she has written in eBook and audio. This audio book was a big waste of money.
Tom Stechschulte!!!! The man knows these books and is a great pleasure to listen to.
Really good story.
Loved the battle scenes.
He is just reading the story, not performing. You don't know which character is which, they all sound the same.
The book is exciting, the narration made me want to cry.
Please bring back Phil Gigante and Jane brown for the female narration.
"Worst Narrator I have EVER heard!!!"
Love Christine Feehan's books and this one was no different AFTER I bought it in hardcopy just to read it after only an hour and a half of the worse narrator I've ever had the misfortune to listen to! His diction, silences and emphasis in odd places made the listening excruciating. Although I own every book available in audio by this author, even when the narration has not been the best, I've never returned a book of hers... until now! It was painful to listen to him butcher a story I had so looked forward to!
After reading this book in hardcover, I can say that the scene in which the Prince creates a new name for what is perceived by the lycanthropes as always being a vampire mix abomination.
This book is worth the time to read in book form as it is also partly the story of Dimitri and Skyler which is concluded in the next book out in January. It has been worth the wait of all these years to finally learn more about Dimitri, his family and history. I pray a different narrator is chosen as I will never purchase another book read by Robert Sarkus! Ever!
"It's pronounced "Tatiyana" you idiot."
"Tatiyana" not "Tatijohna"!
No. The headline above is what I kept saying throughout the book. It was extremely annoying. Plus he had them all speaking like Americans except for Jacques, who he gave a French accent, even though the book clearly states that Jacques is Mikhail's brother. Even without those blunders, his reading was just okay. Oh, and he made the unemotional Carpathians sound emotional. Murr. Please, please, please, have a different narrator for the next books, please!
"where is phil gigante??????????????"
the narration is very much a letdown, especially after the last few books
.I am actually not done, but i am excited about the story line. itself.
i feel read to, i am not living it as with Gigantes narration.
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"Not what it could have been..."
Christine Feehan... yes. I usually get her Dark books. Robert Sarkus... uh... probably not.
haven't gotten there yet.
name pronunciation needs immediate and intensive help. narration was flat. the whole thing needs a complete reboot.
all three? Anger that the producer let the names get so slaughtered. Sadness that Ms. Feehan hasn't curbed her tendencies to repeat things... still... and disappointment in the first two emotions because the story is incredible, imaginative. just needs better narration and an story editor willing to force the author to cut the repetition.
"Better to read than listen to"
The narration spoiled it for me. The characters sounded like a race of robots. I intend to read the book at a later date.
I am addicted!!! When I am not listening to a book on my iPod I am reading books not available on Audible.
"Love All Dark Series Books"
I have this entire series on audio, this is the first time I have considered purchasing the book. I am so disappointed!! The narrator was bad, there are 2 or 3 names he pronounces differently/wrong than all other books that these characters are in. Research! Research! Research!
The main characters name sounds like TATAJOHNYA vs. Tatijana. Robert Sarkus was not all bad but after listening to the previous 23 books it is a HUGE difference, please bring back Phil Gigante!!!
I waited and waited for this book and as soon as I heard him say the main characters name I knew it was going to be a hard listen. I love this book and look forward to reading it again... on my tablet.
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In this typical posh period drama from Merchant Ivory, Kerala filmmaker Santosh Sivan (Asoko, the Terrorist) replaces James Ivory and directs in Ivory's typical way: competent, intelligent, unadventurous. A married British colonialist (Linus Roache) in India in the late 1930s finds his perfect world eroding when his secret romance with a beautiful local (Nandita Das) threatens to be exposed. Worse, the upstart native populace seem to want independence! Before the Rains heats up in the middle, with gunshots and suicide, and then as the placid English ex-pat turns out, more and more, to be a Macbeth-like rat and cad. But the narrative tumbles at the self-conscious, obviously constructed rainy ending. | Malayam + English | 98 minutes | Kendall Square
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He was talking ok today in Colorado with his friend the teleprompter. Hes been the Pres for 4 years shoudn't he know the answers to any questions that was tossed his way. Maybe if he attended a jobs council meeting more than once in his term he would know something about jobs. Maybe if he attended a security meeting instead of having it delivered to him like the newspaper he would know something. He is clueless and his last 4 yrs are proof. Without his teleprompter and every word written for him he alsways talks like he did last night, listen to him on the talk shows.
It was a case of being sans prompter.
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Mid-term election campaigns politics have started and the 'expected' lies and half-truths. Here are the some of the early 'winners':
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Senate candidates from both parties stretch credibility in their latest ads.
Chamber of Commerce Ad Misleads Some Business Owners
It praises Rep. Bean for a health insurance plan that doesn't yet exist.
Voting Record Tug-of-War in Montana
Montana Democrats and Sen. Burns contradict each other. Both are right, up to a point.
Chamber of Commerce: Credit Where It's Not Due
Ads thanking lawmakers for voting for Medicare Bill include four too many.
Misleading Attack in New Jersey Senate Race
Democrat Bob Menendez inaccurately portrays Republican Tom Kean as "getting around" a law that doesn't even apply to him.
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GOP Sen. Mike DeWine fires first, and Democrats return in kind on behalf of challenger Sherrod Brown.


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By Michael Aneiro
Parts of the muni market aren't too happy with parts of President Obama's budget proposal that call for reducing the tax exemption on muni-bond interest and raising taxes on cigarette sales.
The former proposal is a rehash of a previous proposal to cap muni tax exemption at a 28% tax rate. Muni tax exemption had enjoyed a relatively quiet, undisturbed, sacrosanct life since 1986, but lately it seems to come under attack every time there's a federal budget crunch. Municipal Bonds for America, a coalitition of mostly muni bond issuers that had formed to defended the muni tax exemption when it was under threat from the fiscal cliff negotiations late last year, yesterday spoke out against the President's budget proposal in a statement:
Limiting the value of the tax exemption of municipal bonds will increase borrowing costs for State and local governments, leading to higher local taxes and limited public investment in vital projects financed by municipal bonds, such as our nation's infrastructure.
It's still hard to say whether this proposal will ever take effect, but the plan in Washington seems to be to roll it out at every opportunity until someday it finally gets enacted.
On the tobacco front, Michele Kaske reports for Bloomberg that the cigarette tax hike would threaten payments that back a tobacco bonds, a high-yielding subset of the muni market:
The president proposed raising the per-pack federal tax on cigarettes by 94 cents, to $1.95, to finance a pre-kindergarten program…. That jump would cut consumption by about 12 percent, according to Kenneth Shea, senior tobacco analyst at Bloomberg Industries.
About $101 billion of municipal debt is backed by payments tobacco companies make to states as part of a 1998 settlement, based on annual cigarette shipments. Such debt has earned 0.3 percent in April, trailing a 0.7 percent gain in the broader market, Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show. Less smoking means less money to repay debt, raising the risk of owning the securities, said Richard Larkin, director of credit analysis at Iselin, New Jersey-based Herbert J. Sims & Co.
An enacted tax is "going to whack tobacco bonds," said Larkin, who's based in Boca Raton, Florida, and smokes 10 cigarettes a day, down from three packs 30 years ago. "It just reinforces the fact that the environment to tax cigarettes higher and higher continues."