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|European AI platform launches with EUR 20m EU funding-continued
|January 17, 2019--The EU's AI4EU artificial intelligence project officially launched Thursday with a view to mobilising Europe's AI community to build the first European on-demand Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform.
|AI4EU brings together 79 top research institutes, SMEs and large enterprises in 21 countries to build a focal point for artificial intelligence (AI) resources, including data repositories, computing power, tools and algorithms.
|Source: eubusiness.com
|Europe ETP News
|US group heads for the cloud with latest ETF launch
|February 13, 2019--First Trust Global Portfolios has launched a Ucits-compliant ETF focusing on opportunities in the cloud computing space.
The new fund, called First Trust Cloud Computing Ucits ETF, will be offered through the UK-based affiliate of US group First Trust Advisors.
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|Amundi lifts earnings despite 50bn euros hit in final quarter
|February 13, 2019--Europe's largest fund manager ends year flat as volatility bites
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|Euronext Dublin beefs up European fund-listing role
|February 12, 2019--Exchange's new owner has plans to expand the hub but the path is unlikely to be smooth.
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|IMF Staff Country Report-The Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands: Selected Issues
|February 12, 2019--CORPORATE SAVING IN THE NETHERLANDS1
The Netherlands' current account (CA) surplus in percent of GDP is among the highest in the world. The non-financial corporation (NFC) net saving is the largest contributor to the CA surplus.
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|Monday Morning Memo: Review of the European ETF Market-2018
|February 11, 2019--The year 2018 was a tough year for the European fund industry. Despite headwinds from the markets and outflows from their actively managed peers, the promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows in every single month of the year 2018.
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|ESMA report finds investment product performance highly impacted by charges
|January 10, 2018--The Report covers Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), Alternative Investment Funds sold to retail investors (retail AIFs) and Structured Retail Products (SRPs).
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|How London won the race for the renminbi
|February 8, 2019--The city's charm offensive has paid off, with daily orders averaging $73bn in October
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|ESMA publishes list of thresholds below which an EU prospectus is not required
|February 8, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a document listing the thresholds below which an offer of securities to the public does not need a prospectus in the various Member States of the European Union (EU).
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|Flow Traders reports strong finish to a record year 2018
|February 8, 2019--Flow Traders N.V. (Euronext: FLOW) announces its unaudited 4Q18 results:
4Q18 ETP Value Traded was up 49% Q-o-Q to &euro273bn. This resulted in a 31% Y-o-Y increase, compared to a 34% Y-o-Y increase in market ETP Value Traded following market developments in the US
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|ESMA publishes its 2019 Risk Assessment Work Programme
|February 7, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority today publishes its Risk Assessment Work Programme , providing an overview of the analytical, research, data and statistical activities that ESMA will carry out in 2019.
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|Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Plans Blockchain Platform in H2
|February 7, 2019--Switzerland's top stock exchange, SIX, aims to roll out a blockchain platform to speed up trading later this year.
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|New EU derivatives rules to reduce costs and regulatory burdens
|February 7, 2019--The EU Parliament and states reached political agreement Tuesday on rules applying to non-financial counterparties, small financial counterparties and pension funds using financial derivative products.
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|Launch of the First Polish ETF
|January 7, 2019--A new WIG20TR ETF has been added to GPW's offer of financial products
The new Beta ETF is the first Polish ETF listed on GPW
Beta ETF WIG20TR, the first 100% Polish ETF in the history of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, established under Polish law, developed and managed by Polish experts, has been newly listed on GPW's Main Market today.
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|Nasdaq Copenhagen Welcomes XACT OMXC25 ETF
|February 7, 2019--Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today that trading in the Xact OMXC25 ETF (UCITS ETF) commences on Nasdaq Copenhagen*. Xact C25 ETF is issued by Xact Kapitalförvaltning AB and distributed by Handelsbanken Denmark. Xact C25 ETF is traded under ISIN code SE0011452127, has the Trading Code XACTC25, and is the first ETF to be accepted for trading on the Nasdaq Copenhagen exchange.
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|Winter 2019 Economic Forecast: growth moderates amid global uncertainties
|February 7, 2019--The European economy is expected to grow for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with expansion forecast in every Member State. The pace of growth overall is projected to moderate compared to the high rates of recent years and the outlook is subject to large uncertainty.
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|HANetf completes second oversubscribed funding round
|February 6, 2019--HANetf, Europe's first independent "white-label" UCITS ETF platform, has completed its second oversubscribed funding round, bringing on a number of experienced industry figures.
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|ESMA publishes supervisory briefing on the supervision of non-EU branches of EU firms
|February 6, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a MiFID II supervisory briefing on the supervision of non-European Union (EU) branches of EU firms providing investment services and activities.
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|February 6, 2018--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its 2019 Supervisory Convergence Work Programme (SCWP), which sets out ESMA's work streams to promote sound, efficient and consistent supervision across the European Union (EU).
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|IMF Staff Country Reports-Italy: Selected Issues
|February 6, 2019--REFORMING ITALY'S SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM AND LOWERING TAXES ON LABOR: SOME CONSIDERATIONS2
The Italian authorities are keen to improve Italy's social welfare system. They plan to introduce a new citizenship income program, aimed at assisting the poor and facilitating their reintegration into the labor market.
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|Market-maker Flow Traders names head of fixed income
|February 6, 2019--Ramon Baljé joins electronic market maker in Amsterdam
Ramon Baljé joined Flow Traders earlier this month, a spokesperson confirmed.
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|UK official holdings of international reserves: January 2019
|February 5, 2019--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
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|Three new Xtrackers ETFs on Xetra: Equity ETFs with a focus on Europe and companies related to Artificial Intelligence and Future Mobility worldwide
|February 5, 2019--Three new Exchange Traded Funds of DWS have been available for trading on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.
With the Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence & Big Data UCITS ETF-1C, investors can participate in the performance of companies from industrialised and emerging countries worldwide that are linked to artificial intelligence, data processing and data security.
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|ESMA consults on liquidity stress test guidance for investment funds
|February 5, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has started today a public consultation on its draft guidance regarding liquidity stress tests of investment funds-applicable to alternative investment funds (AIFs) and Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS).
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|The European Union Budget, and Economic and Monetary Policy (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
|February 5, 2019--This instrument revokes retained EU law relating to the EU budget, and revokes and partially restates EU law relating to economic and monetary policy, in order to address deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
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|Investors fret about dual-listed shares under a hard Brexit
|February 4, 2019--European investors are urging regulators to protect their ability to buy the London-listed shares of several major companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and Ryanair, should the UK leave the EU abruptly at the end of next month.
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|Monday Morning Memo: Review 2018-Rough Markets took their toll from the European Fund Industry
|February 4, 2019--The European fund industry faced estimated net outflows of €129.2 bn in 2018 after six consecutive years with net inflows. The flows were mainly driven by the discussions about a possible trade war between the USA and China, as well as a possible return of the Euro crisis caused by developments in Italy and France, and an environment of rising interest rates in the USA.
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|ESMA updates Q&A on EMIR data reporting
|February 4, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A on practical questions regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
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|ESMA updates Q&A on MiFIR data reporting
|February 4, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&As on data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
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|FCA publishes its second set of rules following its Asset Management Market Study
|February 4, 2019--The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new rules and guidance to improve the quality of the information available to consumers about the funds they invest in.
The asset management industry plays an important role in the UK's economy. Asset managers seek returns for investors by investing in a variety of assets.
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|SIX Swiss Exchange ETF Market Report: ETF Market Report: 4th quarter 2018
|February 1, 2019--This report provides detailed figures regarding the performance of the ETF segment of SIX.
There were more losers than winners on the financial markets in the fourth quarter. Despite the generally difficult circumstances on the financial markets, the Swiss ETF market continued to develop dynamically, as the latest ETF Market Report shows.
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|February 1, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding market structures and transparency issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
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|The Spanish Exchange traded 41.40 euros bn in January
|February 1, 2019--Growth of 6,8% in trading volume in what is the best month since October
Trading in IBEX 35 Futures increased 4.8%
Fixed Income markets trading soared 240,8%
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|Cash markets achieve turnover of 123.4 billion euros in January
|February 1, 2019--Deutsche Börse's cash markets generated a turnover of €123.4 billion in January (previous year: €156.5 billion).
Of the €123.4 billion, €112.3 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €140.4 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.1 billion.
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|Amundi steps up SRI push with low-cost EM ETF
|February 1, 2019--Amundi ETF has boosted its SRI range with an emerging markets strategy, the firm has announced.
The Amundi Index MSCI Emerging Markets SRI-Ucits ETF has an ongoing charge of 0.25% and tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets SRI index.
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|ESMA Q&As clarify prospectus and transparency rules in case of no-deal Brexit
|January 31, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today three Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the Prospectus Directive (PD ) and the Transparency Directive (TD ).
The Q&As clarify the application of certain provisions in these Directives in case the UK withdraws from the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2019 with no withdrawal agreement in place (no-deal Brexit). These Q&As will only apply in case of a no-deal Brexit.
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|London Stock Exchange to buy 278.5m euro stake in Euroclear
|January 30, 2019--The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has expanded its reach in Europe with an agreement today to acquire a nearly five per cent stake in clearing house Euroclear.
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|SocGen Plans Investment Bank Job Cuts After Trading Slump
|January 30, 2019--Societe Generale SA is making a last-ditch effort to boost its performance after a trading slump threatened Chief Executive Officer Frederic Oudea's targets.
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|Amundi recruits UK ETFs head from BlackRock
|French asset manager recruits from market leader to boost presence in expanding index-tracking sector January 30, 2019--Amundi, the French asset manager, has hired BlackRock iShares' UK head of institutional sales in a push to boost its presence in the UK market.
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|New Invesco ETF on Xetra: Sustainable equity ETF based on ESG and Catholic principles
|January 29, 2019--Since Tuesday a new Exchange Traded Fund of Invesco is tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The MSCI Europe ESG Leaders Catholic Principles UCITS ETF 1D enables investors to participate in the performance of European companies with a comparatively high ESG rating.
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|EU's Tusk says Brexit "backstop" not renegotiable
|January 29, 2019--European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU-UK divorce deal was not up for renegotiation after Britain's parliament on Tuesday voted to replace the Irish "backstop" border arrangement contained in it with unspecified "alternative arrangements".
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|Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: third quarter of 2018
|January 29, 2019--Euro area net saving was broadly unchanged at €805 billion in the four quarters to the third quarter of 2018. Euro area net non-financial investment increased to €431 billion (from €406 billion previously), due to increased investments by households and non-financial corporations.
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|Monday Morning Memo: European Fund-Flow Trends, December 2018
|January 28, 2019--After unexpectedly high outflows in October and November, European investors pulled further away from long-term mutual funds in December as the market environment and general sentiment remained negative. As a consequence, December was the eighth month in a row posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows.
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|IMF Working Paper-Reform Options for Mature Defined Benefit Pension Plans: The Case of the Netherlands
|January 25, 2019--The Netherlands has been operating fully funded, defined benefit second pillar pension schemes that have consistently ranked high worldwide for delivering high replacement rates while featuring strong solidarity among members.
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|ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gather net inflows of 3.93 billion US dollars during December 2018
|January 25, 2019--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$3.93 billion during December, bringing 2018 net inflows to US$56.72 billion.
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|LSE ETP December 2018 Monthly Report
|January 25, 2019--Listings
12 new ETFs were listed in December 2018, bringing a total of 323 new ETP listings in 2018-all time record.
There are now 1,161 ETFs (available as 1,689 lines through multi-currency offerings) and 461 ETCs/ETNs (available as 554 lines) on our London market.
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|Investors grapple with Europe's darkening economy
|January 24, 2019--Slowing data could weigh on euro but offers hope for bonds
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|European Authorities remain mostly blind when it comes to the Past Performance and Costs of Long-term Savings Products, despite first reports ever released
|January 24, 2019--Long-term retail savings are the only EU consumer products for which consumers and Public Supervisors not only don't have a clue as to their future performance, but they don't even know what their past performance has been.
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|Lyxor-2018 ETF flows analysis and expectations for 2019
|January 23, 2019--Last year proved challenging for investors, bookended as it was by an early market "melt-up" and an even more dramatic late meltdown. It began and ended in chaos amid mounting economic and political uncertainty on both sides of the Atlantic. Nearly all asset classes closed in negative territory.
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|Lyxor launches eurozone government bond ETF
|January 23, 2019--Lyxor launches eurozone government bond ETF. French asset manager Lyxor has launched a eurozone government ETF to complete its range of passive funds.
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|PGGM is the first pension fund manager to centrally clear repos at Eurex
|January 22, 2019--January 22, 2019--With this direct clearing connection, Eurex addresses repo market liquidity concerns as well as the regulatory-driven challenges of asset owners, in particular pension funds. The European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires over-the-counter derivatives to be cleared through central clearing counterparties.
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|European ETF trading increasingly automated as Mifid II takes hold
|January 21, 2019--Transparency rules are eating away at the traditional phone-based trade.
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|Monday Morning Memo: 2018 was an outstanding year for ETFs in Europe
|January 21, 2019--The year 2018 was an outstanding year for exchange-traded funds even though it was a tough year for the European fund industry overall. The return of volatility caused by uncertainties coming from a possible trade war between the USA and China, the ongoing Brexit discussions, and a possible return of the euro crisis after the forming of a government in Italy led European investors to reduce the risk in their portfolios.
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|DWS boosts Xtrackers Core range with Europe ex-UK ETF
|January 21, 2019--DWS has expanded its range of Core Xtrackers with the addition of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) providing exposure to Europe ex-UK equities.
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|Review of the European ETF Market, December 2018
|January 18, 2019--The promoters of ETFs in Europe enjoyed net inflows for December. Nevertheless, the assets under management in the European ETF industry decreased as the inflows were not able to offset the negative performance of the underlying markets. In more detail, the assets under management in the European ETF industry decreased from €666.1 bn as of November 30, 2018, to €633.1 bn at the end of December.
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|Vanguard moves into Italy with ETF range
|January 18, 2019--The world's largest investment group, Vanguard, has announced its expansion into Italy by listing a range of 19 equity and fixed income ETFs on the Borsa Italiana.
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|European AI platform launches with EUR 20m EU funding
|January 17, 2019--The EU's AI4EU artificial intelligence project officially launched Thursday with a view to mobilising Europe's AI community to build the first European on-demand Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform.
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|SocGen Considers Shutting $4.7 Billion Prop-Trading Unit
|January 17, 2019--Executives reviewing future of Descartes division: sources
Crosstown rival BNP shuttered prop-trading unit last week
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|RBC I&TS extends position in Sweden following appointment by Nordea Markets
|January 16, 2019--RBC Investor & Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), today announced that it has been appointed by Nordea Markets to provide custody, fund administration, transfer agency and related services for its UCITS Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) business listed in Sweden
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|Official Statistics: Forecasts for the UK economy: January 2019
|January 16, 2019--A comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in January 2019
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|ESMA reports on accepted market practices under MAR
|January 16, 2019--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its annual report on the application of accepted market practices (AMP) in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
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|BNPP AM strengthens sales team in Germany
|January 16, 2019--BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Katharina Anna Rost to its ETF and Indexed Fund Solutions team in Germany, strengthening its sales capability and supporting its growth in the DACH region, effective 7 January 2019.
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|Lyxor lists Green Bond ETF in Sweden
|January 16, 2019--On Tuesday 15th January, Lyxor launched our Green Bond ETF on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange.
The Lyxor Green Bond (DR) UCITS ETF (listing code LYXGREEN SS) was the world's first green bond ETF, and this is Lyxor's first Swedish listing.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Ranchers in south-central Oregon have legally killed a nearly 500-pound black bear after one of their heifers was killed by a bear and the giant animal was found in the family's cattle herd.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Craig Foster says Marie Leehmann went beyond legal requirements by obtaining a kill permit before a family member shot the bear.
The Herald and News reports that field biologists say the male bear weighed 490 pounds, stood 6-foot-5 and was 13 to 15 years old. Foster said the largest bear he had previously seen weighed 345 pounds.
The kill permit was issued after it was determined that one of the Leehmanns' yearling heifers had been killed by a bear. Two days later, on April 4, Leehmann was checking the cows when a bear ran out of the herd. Her son, Ryon, shot the bear within a quarter-mile of their home.
Foster says ranchers are legally allowed to kill bears that attack cattle.
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Too Much Negativism?
To the Editor:
I enjoyed Morey Rothberg's article, "History in the Public Arena: The AHA and the Smithsonian" in the January 1998 Perspectives. I think, however, something needs to be added concerning the Enola Gay controversy. Too many professional historians are losing touch with the American people. Veterans groups, for instance, had a right to be upset with the Enola Gay exhibition. No one, I think, would deny that many Americans would have died in an invasion of Japan. Certainly the atomic bomb was a terrible weapon, but it did end the war.
Can we not as professional historians tell the story of America in balanced terms without so much negativism? After all, could America have lasted this long if its development had been as negative as some historians suggest? I have found a real success story with my specialty on American petroleum history, a much neglected subject among historians. The public is interested in history, but I think it is tired of the oftentimes critical stance of so many professional historians who do not endeavor to give a balanced interpretation.
Keith L. Miller, Philadelphia
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Pimco: 'Catastrophic' to Miss Debt Ceiling Deadline
Pimco Executive Vice President Libby Cantrill explains why Congress must reach a resolution over the nation's debt ceiling in order to avoid disastrous effects on Wall Street and the economy. Photo: Getty Images.
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Rice University is using a new $1.9 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to apply inquiry-based strategies to introductory science courses to help encourage freshman undergraduates pursuing STEM-related majors.
The grant, part of a $60 million effort by HHMI to reduce the attrition rate of students majoring in science fields, will introduce hands-on, project-based learning techniques to lower level courses in biology, chemistry, and bioengineering.
The program is modeled on Rice's successful global health program, Beyond Traditional Borders, which lets students work together to create practical solutions to real-world health challenges. The university estimates that within four years of the program's founding more than 10 percent of undergrads had taken at least one BTB course.
"We've found that STEM attrition rates are significantly lower among our global health students," said Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the university's bioengineering chair, and the grant's principal investigator, in a statement. "In fact, the program actually spurs some non-STEM students to change their majors to a STEM field."
Richards-Kortum will help lead a team of 25 Rice faculty to systematically apply the framework of the BTB model to undergraduate education throughout Rice's Wiess School of Natural Sciences and George R. Brown School of Engineering.
"We plan to implement a series of project-based STEM courses for students intending to major in three large degree programs -- chemistry, bioengineering, and biochemistry and cell biology -- that together account for about 40 percent of all STEM degree recipients at Rice," said Janet Braam, Wiess Professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
According to Braam and Richards-Kortum, the overall goal is to increase STEM graduation rates by 10 percent in engineering and 15 percent in science and to help close a noted gap in the sciences among underrepresented minorities.
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lipofectamine - (Apr/28/2009 )
I am doing transfections for the first time and I have a question about lipofectamine 2000.
It says to change media after 4-6 hours. I have a total of 600ul solution in each well of my plate. So should I just aspirate the entire solution out and then replace it will my fresh media? Or should I add more media to the wells and not remove anything from the well?
Just do the remove and replace.
Sometimes I change the media and some times I donot change the media after lipofectamine transfection. Both conditions work for me.
ideally you should replace with fresh media and not do the top up thing, it would depend on your cell type, on some sensitive cells leaving the lipid reagent would make the cells unhappy and plus you wouldnt want tiny lipid particles floating about in your culture media which might scare the life out of you if you end up thinking that its some sort of contamination!


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South Korea Arrests Captain in Ferry Sinking
Sara Murray and Kim Petersen discuss the South Korea ferry disaster, and Dr. Sonya Rhodes looks at why women marrying down is more prevalent.
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... the ... the story ... how did that the sunken South Korean Ariad Friday after a house that was one of the first to abandon ship ... welcomes your Friday afternoon news have I'm Sara Mary ... investigators are scrutinizing the captain Chris final acts in sin that South Korean carries a B ... to C on Wednesday ... killing three hundred passengers are still missing a more than two dozen her dad ... divers were able to briefly and finish it this afternoon but they didn't find any signs of life ... join me now is ten years that he's in maritime security expert he's the president of security dynamics ... things for joining with him ... in ... the euro thirty years in this business of maritime security and national security you couldn't tell how investigations like this go what officials ... are looking for is they did in the final actions from ... the captain cripple ... sch ... well ... bear in mind this was not the regular timepieces route he was a stand in for the regular captain ... 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Aspens in Hail Storm
Leanne M.E. Boyd 3/31/2005 9:45:50 AMExcellent shot Larry! I like the colour, texture and composition. #231107
Larry J. Citra 3/31/2005 1:54:24 PMThanks Leanne!
Kathy Shogren 3/31/2005 9:11:33 PMBeautiful scene Larry! Did you ad any effect to this. Very ethereal. #1220589
Larry J. Citra 4/1/2005 8:02:59 AMThis shot is right out of the camera, I didn't even do any sharpening as it took away from the effect. Just a slow shutter speed and a lot of hail. The sky was black with storm clouds so the light was really low.
Donna W. Neal 4/21/2005 5:00:12 AMBeautifully seen and exposed Larry.
Kathy Shogren 4/21/2005 5:23:57 AMCongrats Larry. Glad to see this as a finalist. Good luck. #1274214
Larry J. Citra 4/21/2005 3:05:51 PMDonna and Kathy, thank you so much! #1277498
Alejandra Reyes 4/21/2005 3:57:19 PMLove it, Larry!! Beautiful shot!
Jim Kinnunen 4/21/2005 8:27:00 PMVery nice image, Larry...Congratulations!! #1278750
Lorri Shank 4/22/2005 8:58:49 PMLarry, what I love about this shot is that it looks like either a painting or that it was created in software with some soft whitewash filtering effect until you realize that it was done by mother nature. Sort of a software picture with a mother nature reversal effect. I love the colors. #1282610
Larry J. Citra 4/23/2005 12:44:18 PMAlejandre, Jim and Lorri; Thanks for the encouraging comments I really appreciate it!
Larry #1284319
Marcel Nussbaumer 4/24/2005 9:02:05 PMHi Larry,
As I said to you before, I like this Picture good to see it's a Finalist!
Marcel #1288318
Larry J. Citra 4/25/2005 8:00:46 AMThanks Marcel #1289619
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Rosie Flora Bell Nutt Posey
Rosie Flora Bell Nutt Posey, 84, of Big Spring died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Jess Colegrove officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. Sunday at Grape Creek Cemetery, Grape Creek. She was born Aug. 23, 1928, in Muleshoe, Texas, and married Leonard Posey May 26, 1955, in San Angelo, Texas. He preceded her in death Oct. 22, 2007.Rosie was a longtime resident of Big Spring and was a homemaker. She was a member of Birdwell Lane Baptist Church.Survivors include two daughters, Edith Baker of Coahoma and Ann Taylor of Waco; two sons, Gary Strickland of Lafayette, Ga., and Tom Posey of Big Spring; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, C.B. and Rose Tivis Nutt; and one brother, David Nutt. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com


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MacTel PlanetCCRMA
Installation instructions for a MacBook Pro
Main steps:
1) Backup your data.
2) Partition your OS X drive.
3) Install boot loader.
4) Install (& update) Linux, first adding boot, Linux, and swap partitions.
5) PlanetCCRMA-lize your Linux.
Acquiring Fedora Media
You can borrow Install DVD's from SysAdmin anytime. You can also download your own to your Mac, by visiting Fedora. Make sure to download the i386 version, not the x86_64 even though your Mac is 64bit. Many programs have yet to be ported to 64bit.
You can save a bunch of time and consternation by checking the media integrity right away. Use the following command line to determine the SHA1SUM checksum (takes a few minutes).
openssl dgst -sha1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
Compare this output string to the one provided by Fedora [1]. Ignore the verify instructions on that page, they are for Linux, but you can find the checksums here: 'Install DVD/Rescue CD > i386' The checksums strings should match exactly. If not, you've got a corrupt download, and you'll have to try again. This doesn't happen often, but it's worth the extra few minutes.
Burn your downloaded image (the '.iso' file) to DVD with Disk Utility: Images > Burn ... Disk Utility can be found here: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Prep the Mac (resizing and the bootloader)
1. Update firmware (run software update or download latest OS from Apple)
2. Plug into power source; connect to internet via Ethernet.
2. Start OS X Disk Utility (Utilities menu): select top hard drive icon, click "Partition" tab.
Here's what it looks like before you do anyting.
You can now reduce the size of your Mac HD partition by selecting the target size of your new smaller partition. I chose a size of 50GB for PlanetCCRMA. You'll need at least 15GB for all PlanetCCRMA packages, plus some extra for your home directories. The choice is up to you. You have two options: Enter the target size (total HD size - 30GB, for me) directly in the field: 'Volume Information > Size' or under 'Volume Scheme' drag the botton right corner of the box up until your desired size shows in: 'Volume Information > Size'. Click "Apply", wait (can take some time).
You can see here the space for your new installation at the bottom of the 'Volume Scheme.' This is where Linux will go.
3. Install rEFIt. rEFIt install instructions [2]. It's a pretty straight forward Mac install.
Reboot to check rEFIt install (might take 2 reboots, we've found). A nice looking rEFIt screen shows before OSX boot but after the Apple chime.
This next part takes about 30 minutes.
Install Fedora from DVD
1. Make sure your Fedora disk is in the drive bay.
2. Reboot.
3. rEFIt will present you with a screen where you can select (with the arrow keys) the 'Linux penguin ('Tux') with the DVD' (rather than the apple) to boot from the Fedora install DVD. The machine will boot from the DVD and you'll be presented with a Fedora Install screen.
4. Unfortunately, how to take screenshots during install on the Mac has eluded us, so we'll have to stick with text descriptions (this is too bad).
- at the first screen choose: Install or upgrade an existing system, then press return/enter. The Mac will boot into the Fedora Installer.
- Media Check: skip it if you are comfortable you have a good disk (say it's been used successfully before), or check the disk media by selecting OK then Test (takes about 10 minutes). Select OK. The disk ejects. Just reinsert it. Give it time to spin up before you do anything (say 1 minute). Select Continue.
Fedora 9
- the X server starts and we enter the installation screen in earnest. Click Next at the first screen.
- choose your language, Next
- choose your keyboard layout, Next
- 'Network Devices:' select 'Set the hostname: automatically via DHCP. Unless you know that you need to change something else here, just click Next.
- set your Time-Zone, Next
- enter a root password, Next
(Note: you may start to see an annoying increase track-pad sensitivity. hope they'll fix this soon.)
Linux Partitioning
This description assumes you are only dual booting Mac OS X and Fedora.
"Your boot partition ought to be a primary partition, not a logical partition. This will ease recovery in case of disaster, but it is not technically necessary." [3]. So, we don't really need a boot partition.
You'll need to make a minimum of 2 partitions, but a third for a
/home directory may be wise, since it will be left alone when you need to upgrade, making upgrades easier.
- From the first drop-down menu: Create custom layout; click Next.
You can see a graphical layout of your hard drive. There's a tiny partition at the left for EFI [4] of type
vfat, then a large partition of type
hfs+ which is your Mac OS X, and remaining Free space (for Linux). In this space, we'll create additional partitions to accommodate: '
/', '
swap' and '
the '
/' partition for PlanetCCRMA should be greater than about 15G.
the '
swap' filesystem partition should be 2 x RAM up to 2GB, and an additional 1GB for each 1GB of RAM after that. So for me, I have 4Gb RAM so I'll make a 6Gb swap. The swap file system acts like physical memory, went RAM fills up.
the '
/home' directory can be in yet another partition. Since I have 30Gb of space, I'll give the remaining 9GB (30Bg-15Gb-6Gb) to
- select the Free partition. click New when you'll find the 'Add Partition' dialog box. Select
swap under 'File System Type.' For 'Size (MB)' enter the size in megabytes for your
swap. Make sure 'Fixed Size' is checked, under 'Additional Size Options.' I entered 6000 for 6Gb. Click, OK.
- select the Free partition, again. click New when you'll find the 'Add Partition' dialog box. For 'Mount Point' select '
/' from the drop-down menu. 'File System Type' is 'ext3.' 'Size (MB)' should be the size in megabytes for your system partition ('
/' or 'slash'). Make sure 'Fixed Size' is checked, under 'Additional Size Options.' In this example I entered: 15000. Click, OK.
- for the '
/home' partition, select the Free partition, again. click New when you'll find the 'Add Partition' dialog box. For 'Mount Point' select '
/home' from the drop-down menu. 'File System Type' is 'ext3.' This time, you want to choose 'Fill to maximum size' under 'Additional Size Options.' Click, OK. This will create a
/home partition with the remaining space, for you to store documents and projects.
Note: Nothing we've done so far in the installation has been written to disk. When we finish the partitioning scheme, here, the installer will begin to write to disk: establishing partitions and file systems, then starts installing packages. you can abort the installation here with no effect on your Mac.
- now at the main partitioning screen, click Next
- click, 'Write changes do disk.'
- Boot Loader screen: accept defaults, click Next.
- Package Installation screen: here you can select the packages you'd like to have installed from disk. The defaults are fine, if you want to simplify the install. Any packages not installed from disk can be installed later by several straight forward methods. Or you can select 'Customize Now' and browse the selection of packages available on disk, and choose to install them. We usually add emacs. Click, Next.
the installation begins... it takes about 20 minutes.
the disk ejects, click Reboot.
First Boot
Your Mac will chime, and the rEFIt screen will show, this time with an additional option: Tux. Maybe you should boot into OS X to make sure things are OK. Reboot again, and selet 'Tux' the penguin at the rEFIt screen.
Assuming you have no errors during boot, Fedora will walk you through several more configure screens called 'First Boot.'
- at the Welcome screen, click Forward
- click Forward at the License Information screen.
- create a user, yourself (your user account, this is different from the root account and should have a different password), click Forward.
- 'Date and Time' select the 'Network Time Protocol' tab, and click 'Enable Network Time Protocol.' That'll keep your time sync'd. click Forward.
- Send the 'Hardware Profile.' It will lead to better support. click, Finish.
you will be presented with a login screen. At this point you are ready to follow the PlanetCCRMA installation instructions [5]. Having an external mouse helps with Fedora on the Mac.
From now on, every time you start up your computer rEFIt will give you the choice of operational system. If you don't make any choice within 20 seconds, rEFIt will boot automatically in OS X. In case you would like the default operational system to be Linux instead of OS X, all you have to do is to edit the refit.conf file that lives in your rEFIt folder in your OS X partition. Simply uncomment the last line of this file (the line that reads "#legacyfirst"; just delete the "#"). Also, if 20 seconds is too much or too little waiting time for you, you can change this value in the same refit.conf file (the "timeout" line).
Update Fedora and PlanetCCRMA-lization
Update Fedora: while plugged into Ethernet internet, in a terminal as root (su) type:
~> yum upgrade
This can take a long time, depending on size & download speed. Reboot again after this extensive upgrade, to boot into a new kernel.
At this point you are ready to follow the PlanetCCRMA installation instructions [6]. Having an external mouse helps with Fedora on the Mac.
Soundcard detection via: System>Administration>Soundcard Detection.
Once you are done with the PlanetCCRMA-lization process, you might want to consider installing EasyLife on your Fedora system (http://easylifeproject.org). It's just a package that install and configures some software on your system in a "nice" way (especially recommended for new Linux users). Examples of what it adds automatically to your system: mp3 support, Flash player plugin, Skype, additional fonts Java plugin for Firefox, etc. You can of course choose which ones you will allow EasyLife to install or not.
And here's another website that gives interesting tips on how adjusting your Macbook's touchpad in order to have right-click and middle-click: http://www.cenolan.com/2008/11/installing-fedora-10-macbook/ . It also gives instructions on how to get your built-in iSight camera to work.
rEFit boot loader What is EFI [7]? Installation instructions [8]
Fedora8 on MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa 3,1)
Dual Booting OS X and Fedora 8 on MacBook Pro


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Chair Pincomb will call the meeting to order.
Chair Pincomb will address the committee and ask for approval of the minutes from the January 17 meeting.
Proposed Action: Approval. Motion and second required.
Chair Pincomb will address those in attendance and offer opportunity for open comments.
Open Comments: No motion required.
Each year, Florida's public universities are required to submit a Fixed Capital Outlay Request to the Board of Governors for potential incorporation into the Board of Governors' budget request. At the same time, they are expected to submit a Five-Year Capital Outlay request.
The University of North Florida's Board of Trustees is charged with approving and submitting the PECO plan for the university in consultation with the President. The attached schedule shows UNF's proposed three-year and five-year capital requests (PECO). Each of the items included in this proposed request is consistent with the university's goals and master plan.
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and present this item.
According to the Florida Senate – 2012, the Capital Improvement Trust Fund (CITF) fee is not to exceed 10 percent of the tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The CITF is to be used for certain projects or real property acquisitions. Also, it is required that the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration analyze any proposed fee reductions to the CITF; and that the Board of Governors approve any proposed fee reductions.
Each university is to establish a separate CITF fee and building fee at the main campus of the university. Also, each university is to establish a fee committee to recommend any increase in the fees and that committee is to be composed of students and members appointed by the university president. The university president is to approve committee recommendations, noting that an increase in fees may occur only once each fiscal year. The Board of Governors is to adopt regulations and timetables to implement the fees.
The University of North Florida is proposing an increase in the CITF of $2.00 per credit hour, which would create a total of $6.76 for resident students and $6.76 for non-resident students. The first proposed projects would be (1) recreational gymnasium/pool [$3,550,000 estimated 2013-2014 project cost], and (2) contributions to the sanctuary/performance hall [$3,550,000 estimated 2013-2014 project cost].
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and briefly describe the need for each of these selected projects.
According to Florida Statutes, the Board of Trustees shall, each year, adopt a capital outlay budget for the upcoming year. This plan shall designate the proposed capital outlay expenditures by project from all fund sources. Attached is the Annual Capital Outlay Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013.
The purpose of this item is to seek Board approval to name Building 3.
Vice President Allaire will address the committee and present this item.
The purpose of this item is to seek Board approval to name Building 4.
This item is provided as a quarterly report to the Board of Trustees and describes current progress on each project, funding sources, and any current issues, including change orders.
The Board authorized the President or his designee to approve change orders in the name of the Board for pre-established amounts. Approvals are for the purpose of expediting the work in progress and are to be reported to the Board and entered into its official minutes.
Vice President Shuman will provide details to the Student Life and Facilities Committee regarding change orders and narrate the capital projects report.
Proposed Action: Discussion. No motion required.
Chair Pincomb will adjourn the meeting.
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My dad is mr. legal and hates to pirate software, and he doesn't want to spend "a lot extra" on kaspersky, because he buys licenses for all of our pcs (4). He thinks that norton ( ) is sufficient in protecting our computers/network from virii. I'm behind an NAT router and do regular av/windows updates. He told me to get some proof that kav is THAT much better than nav. I want to show him that nav is next to worthless, and takes little to no effort to get anything past it. I'd appreciate if you people could enlighten him a bit
(I'm going to print this and show it to him, he told me to find info from "real people" because reviews aren't "accurate".)
FYI: I'm using nav2k2 now and we're going to upgrade soon (hopefully kav)


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This full-featured amplifier kit includes manually adjustable dials for each frequency and automatic shutdown is built-in for optimizing performance. Ideal for large vessels, homes or office buildings and warehouses with a low cellular signal and/or requiring large coverage. Covers up to 6,000 square feet. Supports Multi-Users ( up to 8 )
LTE or AWS, HSPA(+), EVDO, CDMA, GSM, UMTS, WCDMA, and all other standard cell phone networks
Input AC110V, 60Hz; Output: DC6-12V
3W EIRP for Cellular, 2W EIRP for PCS, 3W EIRP for LTE, 1W EIRP for AWS
CM400 Recommended
N Female connectors on both ends
8.5" x 6.25" x 1.5"


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HOUSTON - To mosquitoes, humans are walking, talking, billboards for an all-you-can-eat buffet.
A visit to a mosquito research lab at Texas A&M University's entomology department provided some advice on how to keep things safe around the house during the West Nile virus season.
Texas A&M associate professor Dr. Michel Slotman, Ph.D., said the winged-pests are attracted to the bacteria in people's sweat and the carbon dioxide traveling in every breath.
"A lot of the mosquitoes people are bitten by are actually breeding in their yard or the yard of their neighbors," said Slotman, who researchers mosquitoes at the university.
Slotman said it can take less than a week for a new batch of mosquitoes to launch from a breeding site.
"The mosquitoes that we worry about in particular will feed and breed in any standing water around the house. Mosquito larvae have been found breeding in containers as small as a bottle cap," Slotman said.
Since mosquitoes don't move far from their breeding site, Slotman said people should clear clogged gutters, empty flower pots with pools of water and dump garbage can lids with pools of water. Even something as small as an empty soda can may be a prime spot for breeding.
"If it cannot be emptied it should be treated with Bti, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, which is a mosquito larvae insecticide," Slotman said.
Another tip: keep the grass cut and bushes trimmed. Slotman said mosquitoes use these areas to rest before another feeding. Spray insecticides don't often reach them in these hidden spots.
Slotman cautions people not to rush out to coat the yard in insecticides, and those using misting systems should be careful.
"Whenever people over-apply insecticides we worry about the risk of the mosquito populations developing a resistance. We have a limited number of insecticides that work and we want to make sure they keep working," Slotman said.
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Dr. Shirl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 172 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Tap Water Wisdom
I am a professional speaker and communication strategist. I deliver keynotes, workshops, professional development coaching, facilitation, and presentation development coaching. I'm the author of A Tap Water Girl In a Bottled Water World and How to Avoid Totally Freaking Out! Overcoming Speech Anxiety so you can Shine in the Spotlight.
I believe that the basic ingredient for successful relationships on and off the job are simple, yet critical skills.
I am a high energy with exceptional critical thinking skills. My approach is warm, humorous, and engaging. I want my logo to reflect that. I do not want to come across as corny - instead want to be seen as approachable and witty. People know me as the Tap Water Girl (registered trademark) and Dr. Shirl.
I will be using this logo primarily for my blog, to add to a web site and to expand to create more brand awareness. Capturing the essence of who I am is critical.
Colors of current brand can be viewed at http://www.shirleygarrett.com. I am in the process of redesigning my website as well as developing the blog.
Target markets:
Existing markets who have engaged me to speak and people who have bought my books.
Want to appeal to association as well as corporate. I have a broad audience base including groups that are seeking an inspirational keynote, workshop and training, as well as retreat facilitation.
Over 10,000 have copies of my books and my guess is that at least 90% are fans who are waiting for a new book.
I want people to be compelled to read my blog (I know that's my job), and want them to have a sense of "coming home" to something that is natural and good. In other words, ego friendly.
A visual interpretation of tap water. Faucets, garden hose, splashes, droplets, etc. are all fine, but do want it to look original.
I want the design to be easily inserted into my blog header (I am using WordPress).
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May the Power Be With You
When we think of physical IT infrastructure, we usually focus on servers, storage and networks. But without electricity for running and cooling computing equipment, IT is dead in the water. Yet not enough attention over time has been paid to problems such as provisioning and efficiency that plague what might be called the "shadow" physical IT infrastructure.
That is changing. Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) extends traditional system and network management thinking to the monitoring and management of all critical related data center resources in a comprehensive and integrated manner. DCIM is a relatively new term, but it provides a way of thinking and a rallying cry that is driving innovation. Large players, such as BMC, CA, HP and IBM, are among those that are taking leadership roles in DCIM, but a large number of companies, including startups, are attacking aspects of the problem.
To keep things simple and to illustrate DCIM from a data center energy perspective, our focus here is on a young company, Power Assure.
Unlocking Hidden Capacity
Here is a conundrum: Why are some data centers apparently running out of power despite the fact that server racks or rooms are half-full? The reason is that data centers think that they are running out of power and, therefore, are afraid to add equipment. In fact, they have a lot of power from the grid that is still available for them to use. The anticipated power requirements are collected from equipment nameplates and vendor-supplied information. As this information tends to be conservative, the power requirements are overstated (which means that you seem to be using more power than you use by a wide margin). The difference between what nominally you are using and what you could use is hidden capacity.
Power Assure uses its EM/4 software platform to address the issue of hidden capacity. The first step is monitoring true energy consumption. Power Assure uses a metric called PAR4 that has been IT energy-efficiency-tested by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Equipment power consumption is measured at four levels: off, idle, loaded and peak. A PAR4 value is the transactions per second per watt at 100% load. The accumulated numbers enable accuracy in planning the maximum power allocation. That is useful in being able to take advantage of hidden capacity.
Note that this approach can also be used to compare efficiency across multiple generations of IT equipment--past, present and future (theoretical). For example, how much power could be saved by moving to a new generation of servers? Or, alternately, how many additional servers could be added without going over planned maximum power consumption?
Power Assure also employs other metrics, such as Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), which calculates facility efficiency as the ratio of total power consumed throughout the data center and the power consumed by the IT equipment. Power Assure states that, typically, 50% of the power in a data center is consumed by equipment (servers, storage and networking), 40% by the cooling system (a chilling fact!) and 10% by the inherent inefficiencies in the power distribution itself. So all components have to be examined to ensure a proper balance.
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Note that one key to the effectiveness of this process is the collection of data from a variety of sources. Power Assure software is data-driven software intelligence that uses data that can be captured from the equipment itself. Quite frankly, the old saying that you can't manage what you can't measure is changing IT infrastructure management processes from being reactive (seat-of-the-pants intuition) to proactive (data-driven decision making) at the same time that software (from server virtualization to storage management and on and on) is fundamentally altering how IT interacts with hardware resources. This is a very positive trend, and Power Assure is very much in line with that trend.
But monitoring is only part of the process. A second step is analysis. Prioritizing the list of possible improvements and taking the necessary corrective action (sometimes with the use of automation) seals the deal.
Next Page: Data Center Efficiencies
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I hope you're surviving the Twin Cities ongoing heatwave, especially now that most window air conditioner units are sold out across the area.
Not only is it important to keep the cold air inside, it's important to not create more heat for your air conditioner to cool.
Here are some easy ways to make sure you're not making more work for your AC!
1. Run dishwasher, washer and dryer at night
If you're in bed with a fan trained on you, the kitchen heating up won't bother you as much…right?
2. Dry loads of clothes back to back
Though this seems to contract No. 1, the residual heat from the previous load will decrease the amount of time your dryer needs to do its magic.
3. Substitute the microwave for your range
Do you really need to use your stove, or can you boil that water or cook that soup in the microwave?
4. Don't preheat!
If you must use your oven, just throw your food in right away to cut down on cook time. Unless you're baking, who cares about being precise — it's hot out! Convection baking also will reduce the necessary temperature and time by 25 degrees and 25% respectively.
5. Cover pots and pans
You'll prevent heat loss, boil and cook faster, thus you'll shut off your stove faster.
6. Clean your refrigerator coils
The better your fridge exhausts heat, the less it runs, thus the less heat it will give off.
>> How to clean refrigerator coils


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Dolla's Lil Brother Thanks Everyone For Their Support On Dolla Passing Away [R.I.P Dolla]
DOLLA LIL BROTHER Thank you to Everybody! R.I.P Dolla
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