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If we get married, does she lose social security?
My fiancée and I are thinking of getting married in a few months and we're both still in school, I work part time and make about $20,000 a year. She does not work but receives vocational rehab and Social Security (SSI) for her permeant disability she was born with. [more inside]
Where can I rent a tux near Winter Park, Colorado?
My fiance and I have set a date and location! May 25, 2013 in Winter Park, Colorado! I need help finding and pricing places to rent a tux for the big day. The event is outdoors in the beautiful rocky mountains. I want a black tux with my groomsmen in Gray. We're looking for a place either in Denver or Winter Park because after the big wedding, her and I are flying out the next day for the honeymoon! Who rents Tuxes near Denver or Winter park? How much should I expect to pay for a rental? When should I start looking at rentals?
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I'm not sure that the Noble really counts as a kit car? I mean, the whole thing is built for you other than the transaxle… But in any case, it was one of the head-turners at the show and one of the most "production quality" feeling (if you know what I mean) vehicles at the show — and performance specs are something like 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and lateral G's of 1.16. These photos don't do it justice.
I believe this car was being shown by 1G Racing.
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- Comparing Camera Raw and Photoshop
- Understanding the differences between raw and JPEG or TIFF
- Converting to the DNG format
- Opening an image as a Smart Object
- Working with the Crop and Straighten tools
- Color correcting
- Retouching blemishes
- Reducing exposure with the Graduated Filter tool
- Reducing noise and sharpening
- Creative editing in Camera Raw
Skill Level Appropriate for all
At this juncture, in our journey to learn how to use the Adjustment Brush, I think we are ready to dig deeper, and that's exactly what we are going to do here. We are going to take what we have learned so far and add to that some other tips and tricks and shortcuts. In particular, what I want to do is brighten up the face. I also want to apply some selective sharpening. Well, let's press a K key to select the Adjustment Brush, and let's say I want to begin with the brightening of the face. When I move over to my Adjustment Brush controls, it just looks like a huge mess.
How could I get everything back to normal, say so I can just work on exposure? What you can do is click on these little icons, the minus or the plus, and if we click on one of those icons, it will zero out all of the other controls, and just give us a preset amount in this case and the positive for exposure. Now, if we click on one of the negative icons, it does the same thing. It zeroes everything else out, except gives us a negative amount for that particular control. Well in this case, I am going to work on Exposure in the positive. We will click on that and go ahead and increase that amount, just a little bit there.
Next, let's work on our brush size. Hover over the image, Right Bracket key is bigger, Left Bracket key is smaller. What about Feather? We can press Shift+Left Bracket to decrease or Shift+Right Bracket to increase that Feather amount. All right. Well what about Flow? So far what we've said about Flow is that you can click in here, and you can drag to the left or the right. There has to be a better way. Well, indeed there is. What we can do here is simply press Minus in order to decrease our Flow, or we can press or tap multiple times Plus in order to increase our Flow.
This can be a great way to change this. You will notice that when you target one of these controls that highlights the numbers. If you want to go to a different field here or a different control, press the Tab key. As I press the Tab key on Windows, it's going to highlight these different fields. Now, once in those different fields, what I can do is simply type in a number. For example, I can type in six, or for that matter, I could type in two numbers in order to change that overall Density control. We can of course also use the slider. So let's crank that up. All right. Well what I want to do is turn off Auto Mask.
We can do that by pressing the M key. That toggles that on and off. We also want to toggle off showing the mask, so we can press the Y key to turn that on or off. Let's hide those Pins. We can do that by pressing the V key. Quite a bit of shortcuts there, and if any of those shortcuts are new to you, be sure to stop this movie, go back and re-watch that, and write those down, because again here what we are trying to do is really take our workflow to the next level. All right. Well, the next thing I want to do is paint in some brightness. So with this brush and with these different settings, I will go ahead and hover over the image.
I am going to go ahead and just lower that flow even more, press the Minus key there. I am going to start to brighten up this photograph. Now sometimes what happens is when you are brightening something up, you may kind of go over the top, or you may have some transitional edges which are a bit too harsh. We can see especially that's a case over here on the shirt. What I like to do to remove that, let's go to my Erase Brush, increase the Feather by leaps and bounce. I am going to increase the Flow just a little bit. If we have a brush that's really nice and big, with a lot of Feather, we can just start to paint over that transition area. See how that smoothed that out? That made it so it is a little bit more natural, and sometimes by just backing off the effect by painting through this, we can make this effect look that much better.
All right. Well let's press the P key. Here we have our before, and then our after, adding some nice subtle brightening to that area in the image. I am going to decrease this Exposure just a bit there. Press the P key again, before and after. All right. We are ready to sharpen. Well, let's zoom into 100%. We can do so by way of a shortcut: Command+Option+0 on a Mac, Ctrl+Alt+0 on a PC. Press the Spacebar key and then click and drag to reposition. Well, here what we want to do is just paint in the sharpening to this particular area of the image.
Let's click on the Preset for Sharpness. We'll do so by clicking on the Plus icon, +25. Perfect! Now, we will go ahead and bring down our brush size and our Feather and our Flow here, and then I am just going to go ahead and start to paint over this area of the photograph. I just want to keep the area that's sharp nice and sharp. I don't need to sharpen anything that's out of focus and a lot of times when sharpening, this is exactly what we need to do. We just want to sharpen little areas of our image, little bit more on the eye so I am going to paint back and forth on that, really building up that eye focus there.
Not necessarily want so much on the cheek, I want to erase from this area. Well, you can hold down the Option key on the Mac, Alt key on a PC. That will toggle your brush to erase. Here I can then change that. Now, here is another little advanced tip that I want to share with you. Currently when I toggle to the Erase Brush, my brush size is identical. Watch this. I will press Option or Alt and there is no change here within my brush size as I work on the image. It's identical in both situations. Well, if I want to disconnect the brush size, or have a different brush size, whether I am adding or erasing, here is what you can do.
You can click on this icon here, and you can separate the Eraser size. Well, now I will go to Erase. I will choose a really big brush size, just by way or illustration and then go back to Add, we can see a small brush size. So now when I hover over the image and press Option or Alt, you can see that it goes to erase with completely new brush settings. So sometimes it may be helpful to have separate settings, other times, you may want these exactly connected. If so, simply click off this option so that those aren't separated. All right.
Well that was a little bit of an advanced tip there. Let's focus back in on the sharpening. Sharpening is looking good. We are going to add a little bit of clarity here as well, just to build that up even more. Next, let's press the P key. Here we have our before and now our after, and this image is looking much better, and along the way I hope you picked up some advanced tips which will help you work even more effectively with the Adjustment Brush.


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The major downside to developer testing is that the vast majority of tests exercise sunny-day scenarios. Defects rarely occur for these situations -- it's the edge cases that usually cause problems.
What's an edge case? It's the situation where, for instance, someone
passes a
null value to a method not coded to
nulls. Many developers fail to test for
such scenarios because they don't make much sense. But sense or no
sense, these things happen, and then a
NullPointerException is thrown and your whole program
blows up.
This month, I suggest a multifaceted approach to dealing with the less predictable defects in your code. Find out what happens when you combine defensive programming, design by contract, and an easy-to-use generic validation framework called OVal.
Exposing the enemy
The code in Listing 1 builds a class hierarchy
for a given
Class object (omitting
java.lang.Object because everything ultimately extends it). If you look carefully, however, you'll notice a potential defect waiting to be exposed because of assumptions in the method regarding object values.
Listing 1. A method without checks for null
public static Hierarchy buildHierarchy(Class clzz){ Hierarchy hier = new Hierarchy(); hier.setBaseClass(clzz); Class superclass = clzz.getSuperclass(); if(superclass != null && superclass.getName().equals("java.lang.Object")){ return hier; }else{ while((clzz.getSuperclass() != null) && (!clzz.getSuperclass().getName().equals("java.lang.Object"))){ clzz = clzz.getSuperclass(); hier.addClass(clzz); } return hier; } }
Having just coded the method, I haven't yet noticed the defect, but because I'm a developer testing fanatic, I write a routine test using TestNG. What's more, I use TestNG's handy
DataProvider feature, which allows me to create a generic test case and vary the parameters to it through another method. Running the test case defined in Listing 2 yields two passes! Everything is good to go, right?
Listing 2. A TestNG test verifying two values
import java.util.Vector; import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals; import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class BuildHierarchyTest { @DataProvider(name = "class-hierarchies") public Object[][] dataValues(){ return new Object[][]{ {Vector.class, new String[] {"java.util.AbstractList", "java.util.AbstractCollection"}}, {String.class, new String[] {}} }; } @Test(dataProvider = "class-hierarchies"}) public void verifyHierarchies(Class clzz, String[] names) throws Exception{ Hierarchy hier = HierarchyBuilder.buildHierarchy(clzz); assertEquals(hier.getHierarchyClassNames(), names, "values were not equal"); } }
I still haven't spotted the defect, but something about the code is bothering me. What if someone inadvertently passes in a
null value for the
Class parameter? The call
clzz.getSuperclass() in the fourth line of Listing 1 would throw a
NullPointerException, wouldn't it?
Testing my theory is easy; I don't even have to start from scratch. I simply add
{null, null} to the multidimensional
Object array in the
dataValues method of the original
BuildHierarchyTest (in Listing 1) and run it again. Sure enough, I get the nasty
NullPointerException shown in Figure 1:
Figure 1. The dreaded NullPointerException
See the full figure here.
Defensive programming
Once I've exposed the issue, my next step is to come up with a strategy for defeating it. The problem is that I can't control the kind of input this method will receive. For this type of problem, developers often employ defensive programming techniques that aim to catch potential errors before they wreak havoc.
Object verification is a classic defensive programming strategy for dealing with uncertainty. Accordingly, I add a check to verify whether
clzz is
null, as shown in Listing 3. If the value turns out to be
null, I then throw a
RuntimeException to alert everyone of
the potential problem.
Listing 3. Adding a check for null
public static Hierarchy buildHierarchy(Class clzz){ if(clzz == null){ throw new RuntimeException("Class parameter can not be null"); } Hierarchy hier = new Hierarchy(); hier.setBaseClass(clzz); Class superclass = clzz.getSuperclass(); if(superclass != null && superclass.getName().equals("java.lang.Object")){ return hier; }else{ while((clzz.getSuperclass() != null) && (!clzz.getSuperclass().getName().equals("java.lang.Object"))){ clzz = clzz.getSuperclass(); hier.addClass(clzz); } return hier; } }
Naturally, I also write a quick test case to verify my check actually averts
NullPointerExceptions, as shown in Listing 4:
Listing 4. Verifying the null check
@Test(expectedExceptions={RuntimeException.class}) public void verifyHierarchyNull() throws Exception{ Class clzz = null; HierarchyBuilder.buildHierarchy(null); }
In this case, defensive programming seems to have done the trick. But there are some downsides to relying solely on this strategy.
Downsides of defense
While defensive programming effectively guarantees the condition of one method's input, it becomes repetitive if it is pervasive across a series of methods. Those familiar with aspect oriented programming, or AOP, will recognize this as a crosscutting concern, meaning that defensive programming techniques span horizontally across a code base. Many different objects employ these semantics, yet they have nothing to do with the object itself from a purely object-oriented view.
What's more, this crosscutting concern starts to bleed into the notion of design by contract (DBC). DBC is a technique for ensuring that all the components in a system do what they're meant to do by explicitly stating each component's intended functionality and expectations of the client in its interface. In DBC speak, a component's intended functionality is known as a postcondition, which is essentially the obligation of the component, while the expectation of the client is collectively known as the precondition. What's more, in pure DBC terms, a class that abides by DBC rules has a contract with the outside world about the internal consistency that it will maintain, which is known as the class invariant.
Design by contract
I introduced the notion of DBC some time ago in an article about programming with Nice, which is an object-oriented, JRE-compatible programming language that has been formulated with an emphasis on modularity, expressiveness, and safety. Interestingly enough, Nice incorporates functional development techniques, including some of those found in aspect-oriented programming. Among other things, functional development makes it possible to specify preconditions and postconditions of a method.
While Nice supports DBC, it is fundamentally a different language from the Java™ language, which makes its incorporation into development shops somewhat challenging. Fortunately, there are libraries for the Java language that facilitate DBC. Each library has its pros and cons and even different methods for building in DBC for the Java language; however, recent additions to the field have taken advantage of AOP to facilitate weaving in DBC concerns, which essentially act as wrappers for a method.
A precondition is fired before the covered method is executed and the postcondition is fired after the method completes. One nice (not to be confused with the language!) thing about using AOP for building DBC constructs is that the constructs themselves can be turned off in environments where DBC concerns are unnecessary (just like assertions can be turned off). The real beauty of treating safety concerns in a crosscutting manner, however, is that you can effectively reuse them. And as we all know, reuse is a fundamental tenet of object-oriented programming. Isn't it slick how AOP complements OOP so nicely?
AOP with OVal
OVal is a generic validation framework that supports simple DBC constructs via AOP and specifically enables you to:
- Specify constraints for class fields and method return values
- Specify constraints for constructor parameters
- Specify constraints for method parameters
What's more, OVal comes with a host of predefined constraints, and it makes creating new ones quite easy.
Because OVal uses AspectJ's implementation of AOP to define advices for DBC notions, you must incorporate AspectJ into a project that will use OVal. The good news for people not familiar with AOP and AspectJ is that the effort is minimal and using OVal (even for creating new constraints) does not require you to actually code aspects other than a simple bootstrap one, which forces the default aspects that come with OVal to hook into your code.
Before you can create this bootstrap aspect, you'll have to download
AspectJ. Specifically, you'll need to incorporate
aspectjtools and
aspectjrt JARs into your build to compile the required bootstrap
aspect and weave it into your code.
Bootstrapping AOP
After you've downloaded AspectJ, the next step is to create an aspect that extends OVal's
GuardAspect. It need not do anything
itself, as I've shown in Listing 5. Make sure the file extension ends in
.aj, but don't attempt to compile it with the normal
Listing 5. The DefaultGuardAspect bootstrap aspect
import net.sf.oval.aspectj.GuardAspect; public aspect DefaultGuardAspect extends GuardAspect{ public DefaultGuardAspect(){ super(); } }
AspectJ comes with an Ant task, dubbed
that acts like
javac; however, this process
compiles and weaves aspects into subject code. In this case, everywhere
I specify an OVal constraint, the logic defined in OVal code will be weaved
into my code, thus acting like preconditions and postconditions.
Keep in mind that
iajc replaces
javac. For example, Listing 6 is a snippet
from my Ant build.xml file that compiles my code
and weaves in any OVal aspects that are discovered via annotations in the
code, which you'll see shortly:
Listing 6. An Ant build file snippet with AOP compilation
<target name="aspectjc" depends="get-deps"> <taskdef resource="org/aspectj/tools/ant/taskdefs/aspectjTaskdefs.properties"> <classpath> <path refid="build.classpath" /> </classpath> </taskdef> <iajc destdir="${classesdir}" debug="on" source="1.5"> <classpath> <path refid="build.classpath" /> </classpath> <sourceroots> <pathelement location="src/java" /> <pathelement location="test/java" /> </sourceroots> </iajc> </target>
Now that I've set up the plumbing for OVal and bootstrapped the AOP process, I can begin to specify simple constraints for my code using Java 5 annotations.
OVal's reusable constraints
To specify preconditions for a method with OVal, you must annotate method parameters. Accordingly, when a method that has been annotated with OVal constraints is invoked, OVal will verify the constraints before the method is actually executed.
In my case, I'd like to specify that the
buildHierarchy method not be invoked with a
null as the value for the
Class parameter. Out of the box, OVal supports this
constraint with the
@NotNull annotation, which is
specified before any desired parameter for a method. Note, too, that any class
that wishes to use OVal constraints must also specify the
@Guarded annotation at the class level as well, as I
do in Listing 7:
Listing 7. OVal constraints in action
import net.sf.oval.annotations.Guarded; import net.sf.oval.constraints.NotNull; @Guarded public class HierarchyBuilder { public static Hierarchy buildHierarchy(@NotNull Class clzz){ Hierarchy hier = new Hierarchy(); hier.setBaseClass(clzz); Class superclass = clzz.getSuperclass(); if(superclass != null && superclass.getName().equals("java.lang.Object")){ return hier; }else{ while((clzz.getSuperclass() != null) && (!clzz.getSuperclass().getName().equals("java.lang.Object"))){ clzz = clzz.getSuperclass(); hier.addClass(clzz); } return hier; } } }
Specifying this constraint through annotations means I no longer need to litter
my code with repetitive conditionals that check for
null and throw an exception on finding it. This logic is now handled by OVal, which acts much the same -- in fact, if a constraint is
violated, OVal throws a
ConstraintsViolatedException, which is a subclass of
Of course, my next step is to compile the
HierarchyBuilder class and my corresponding
DefaultGuardAspect from Listing 5. I do this using the
iajc task from Listing 6 so that OVal's behavior can be weaved into my code.
Next, I update the test case from Listing 4 to
verify that a
ConstraintsViolatedException is
thrown, as shown in Listing 8:
Listing 8. Verifying ConstraintsViolatedException has been thrown
@Test(expectedExceptions={ConstraintsViolatedException.class}) public void verifyHierarchyNull() throws Exception{ Class clzz = null; HierarchyBuilder.buildHierarchy(clzz); }
Specifying postconditions
As you can see, specifying preconditions is actually quite easy, as is the process of specifying postconditions. For example, if I wanted to
guarantee to all callers of the
that it wouldn't return
null (and consequently
that they wouldn't need to check for it), I could place a
@NotNull annotation above the method declaration, as
shown in Listing 9:
Listing 9. Postconditions in OVal
@NotNull public static Hierarchy buildHierarchy(@NotNull Class clzz){ //method body }
@NotNull is by no means the only constraint
OVal provides, but I've found it quite useful in limiting
those nasty
NullPointerExceptions, or at least exposing them quickly.
More OVal constraints
OVal also supports a means to prevalidate class members before or after
a method call. This mechanism has the benefit of limiting repeated
conditionals testing for certain constraints, such as collection sizes or
the previously discussed not-
null condition.
For example, in Listing 10, I've defined an Ant task that builds a
report for a class hierarchy, using the
HierarchyBuilder. Note how the
execute() method calls
validate, which in turn verifies that the
fileSet class member has values in it; otherwise, an
exception is thrown because the report can't function without any classes to
Listing 10. HierarchyBuilderTask with conditional checking
public class HierarchyBuilderTask extends Task { private Report report; private List fileSet; private void validate() throws BuildException{ if(!(this.fileSet.size() > 0)){ throw new BuildException("must supply classes to evaluate"); } if(this.report == null){ this.log("no report defined, printing XML to System.out"); } } public void execute() throws BuildException { validate(); String[] classes = this.getQualifiedClassNames(this.fileSet); Hierarchy[] hclz = new Hierarchy[classes.length]; try{ for(int x = 0; x < classes.length; x++){ hclz[x] = HierarchyBuilder.buildHierarchy(classes[x]); } BatchHierarchyXMLReport xmler = new BatchHierarchyXMLReport(new Date(), hclz); this.handleReportCreation(xmler); }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){ throw new BuildException("Unable to load class check classpath! " + e.getMessage()); } } //more methods below.... }
Because I'm using OVal, I can do the following:
- Specify a constraint on the
fileSetclass member, which ensures the size is always at least 1 or more using the
- Ensure that this constraint is verified before the
execute()method is invoked using the
These two steps allow me to effectively remove the conditional
check in the
validate() method and let OVal do it for me, as shown in Listing 11:
Listing 11. A reworked HierarchyBuilderTask without conditional checking
@Guarded public class HierarchyBuilderTask extends Task { private Report report; @Size(min = 1) private List fileSet; private void validate() throws BuildException { if (this.report == null) { this.log("no report defined, printing XML to System.out"); } } @PreValidateThis public void execute() throws BuildException { validate(); String[] classes = this.getQualifiedClassNames(this.fileSet); Hierarchy[] hclz = new Hierarchy[classes.length]; try{ for(int x = 0; x < classes.length; x++){ hclz[x] = HierarchyBuilder.buildHierarchy(classes[x]); } BatchHierarchyXMLReport xmler = new BatchHierarchyXMLReport(new Date(), hclz); this.handleReportCreation(xmler); }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){ throw new BuildException("Unable to load class check classpath! " + e.getMessage()); } } //more methods below.... }
Any time
execute() is invoked in Listing 11
(which is done through Ant), the
fileSet member is
verified by OVal. If it is empty, meaning someone didn't specify any classes
to evaluate, a
ConstraintsViolatedException is thrown. The exception halts the process much like the original code, which threw a
Concluding argument
Defensive programming constructs have prevented many a defect, but the constructs themselves tend to litter code with repetitive logic. Combining defensive programming techniques with aspect-oriented programming (through design by contract) is one way to keep the strong line of defense without all the repetitive coding.
OVal isn't the only DBC library available, and in fact its DBC constructs are fairly limiting compared to other frameworks (for example, it doesn't offer an easy way to specify class invariants). On the other hand, OVal's ease of use and wide selection of constraints make it a viable option for adding validation constraints to code with little effort. Besides, creating custom constraints is amazingly simple with OVal, so stop adding conditional checks and employ the power of AOP!
- "AOP banishes the tight-coupling blues" (Andrew Glover, developerWorks, February 2004): See for yourself how one of AOP's functional design concepts -- static crosscutting -- can turn what might be a tangled mass of tightly coupled code into a powerful, extensible enterprise application.
- "alt.lang.jre: Twice as Nice" (Andrew Glover, developerWorks, October 2004): Regular contributor and all around "Nice" guy Andrew Glover walks you through some of the most exciting features of Nice, including DBC features.
- "Contract enforcement with AOP" (Filippo Diotalevi, developerWorks, July 2004): Filippo Diotalevi shows how AOP can help you define clear contracts between components while keeping your code clean and flexible.
- Limiting conditional complexity with AOP (testearly.com, December 2006): Another look at OVal's easy usage for DBC constructs.
- "AOP@Work: Component design with Contract4J" (Dean Wampler, developerWorks, April 2006): Dean Wampler introduces Contract4J, a DBC tool that specifies contracts using Java 5 annotations and evaluates them at run time using AspectJ aspects.
- "Magic with Merlin: Working with assertions" (John Zukowski, developerWorks, February 2002): John Zukowski walks you through the basics of adding assertion-checking to your code as well as enabling and disabling assertions.
- "TestNG makes Java unit testing a breeze" (Filippo Diotalevi, developerWorks, January 2005): Filippo Diotalevi introduces TestNG, a new framework for testing Java applications.
- "In pursuit of code quality: JUnit 4 vs. TestNG" (Andrew Glover, developerWorks, August 2006): Andrew Glover considers what's unique about each framework and reveals three high-level testing features you'll still find only in TestNG.
- In pursuit of code quality series (Andrew Glover, developerWorks): Learn more about code metrics, test frameworks, and writing quality-focused code.
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F1 next season
No Schui,Montoya just mr monosylabic,Kimi R to look forward to i cant wait! NASCAR here i come.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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I was having a sh*t
A Yahoo! User Oct 26, 2006 23:14 Flag
Oh, and NASCAR?!! You'll have to marry your sister. I hope you REALLY like watching cars makes left turns in one gear for a few hours. It is more boring than F1!
A Yahoo! User Oct 26, 2006 23:12 Flag
It's going to be the same circus it always was. Only the names of the clowns will change.
Kimi is a star !!!
Brundle: "Did you see the presentation? Pele has just done a presentation for Shoomakker - did you see it?" or something along those lines.
Kimi: "er.....no, I was having a $h!t"
absolutely priceless - it was at the same moment that I'd just finished throwing up. I now believe that Pele will do ANYTHING to get on TV these days.
I wonder if anyone told Shoomakker that he was getting an award for being the most impotent driver in F1 from Pele - the big head probably thought they meant 'important'.
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He his a very idiot man!
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GAME NAME: Resident Evil 6
DEVELOPER(S): Capcom
PUBLISHER(S): Capcom
GENRE(S): Action
RELEASE DATE(S): 2 October 2012
Resident Evil: The franchise that once upon a time scared the pants off me. I'm sure you've all got classic Resident Evil memories. Remember when the dogs jumped through the windows as you were walking down the corridors in the original mansion? How about the first time you came face-to-face with Nemesis in Resi 3? Then we have those uncomfortable experiences in Resident Evil 4 and 5 where a virus-infected chainsaw-wielding crazy-ass zombie thing came running after you and your partner (in Resi 5) and you would scream like little girls. Over the years Capcom has created various scenarios that have left a mark on different generations. Those of us who played the classic Resi games always moan and groan that suspense and horror has fallen to the wayside while the newcomers to the series want the action-fest that the later Resi titles have become known for. Capcom's answer – compress three scenarios that will appeal to everyone into one package.
Set in 2013 – that's exactly 15 years after the original outbreak in Racoon City – we now have six protagonists to deal with. Leon and his partner Helena (one of the new characters who was hired by the President to protect him), Chris and Pierce (another new character from Chris's past) and Jake and Sherry. As the trailer proudly disclosed – Jake is Albert Wesker's son… and Sherry? Oh, she's the little girl you protected in Resident Evil 2. She's a woman now and yes she's still somehow stuck in the middle of another virus outbreak – the C-Virus this time.
After playing the quicktime, on-rails prelude Capcom gives you the option to decide which campaign you would like to play, in any random order that works for you. Each scenario crosses paths with the others at some point and though each campaign only has five chapters apiece they're quite lengthy and will provide a hefty 12 hours of play time per campaign (that's 36 hours of gameplay for those with maths issues like me *hides calculator*).
Leon's sections have been designed with survival horror in mind in a direct response to the criticism levelled at Resident Evil 5's all-out-action focus. But, like the 3DS hit Revelations, other playable characters are more than alternative skins: they're vehicles for altogether different gameplay types. Take Chris. While Leon's busy sweating buckets and shooting brains in Tall Oaks, Chris's opening level involves storming through China with heavy weapons and a back-up team in a game almost transplanted from Resident Evil 5, but not quite. Sure there are civvies there to protect (and push out of the way when they get to close) but it's now pretty much a third-person action Spec-Ops wannabe cover-based shooter. Expect enemies with guns, cover systems and lots of explosions. Jake's opening segment takes place in Eastern Europe at first, which will remind you of a cross between Resi 4's quicktime event moments with slices of fist fights and boss fights to complement the other two scenarios. For more on this see the preview I covered a few weeks back, there are no spoilers.
What made previous Resident Evil games all the more frantic was the fact that you could not shoot while walking. While some see this as a mistake on the developers' part it's actually purposely done. It's more obvious now that you can walk or dive from side to side while shooting. Even Leon's sections are not as scary as they should be as you feel that you have everything at hand to deal with the constant threat. Weapon selection is now as easy as it's ever been. Instead of playing a game of inventory-management you can now swap between weapons by selecting left or right on the D-pad or press up or down to select herbs, first-aid sprays, grenades and other small arms on the fly. This works well as Resident Evil 6 is still generally linear, but there are sections that can get you a bit lost. Press the L2 button to bring up a directional arrow to spoonfeed you your next checkpoint. In their attempt to freshen things up you'll find vehicles to drive in certain sections of the game, but it's nothing to write home about. In fact, it damages a game that's already in trouble of being infected with more than a virus.
If you plan to play this by yourself you'll be glad to hear that your partner will never steal your ammunition, they'll assist you in actually shooting the zombies and other monstrosities and be right on track when it comes to puzzle-solving and not run about aimlessly as Sheva did in Resi 5. But, truth be told, it's all about the co-op and here Capcom has come through with all the options under the sun. Players can play it online via network play, split-screen or with a system-link. Should you play it online you can select the region, objective settings (playing for fun or more hardcore), switch friendly-fire on or off, switch infinite ammo on or off and allow or disallow Agent Hunt mode.
Agent Hunt is a new mode whereby you can enter another player's online game as a creature and hunt him or her down. Unfortunately we did not get to play online as the servers were not yet up but it surely sounds interesting. Though I can't disclose some of the other extra unlockable bits players will be glad to hear that the developers spent some time on a decent upgrade system for weapons and abilities alike called Skill Settings. After each chapter you're given the option to spend Skill Points, earned by picking up dropped items from enemies that you downed, whereby you can add extra depth to the magnification on your sniper, increase the power of your handgun, upgrade your melee damage and so forth.
But Resident Evil 6 has some serious problems. The camera issue I experienced at E3 earlier this year has persisted. Camera settings have been added under options but there is nothing to resolve the fact that your character is generally taking up most of the screen and that you can't splatter the brains of the approaching zombie as you just can't see what's going on. I also found that I randomly would get lost and could not find my co-op partner (while playing offline co-op with another person). There was nothing to track my partner down, so should you end up with a zombie munching away at your neck you'd have to fend for yourself while your partner frantically searches in order to rescue you. What makes it more troublesome is that Resident Evil 6 is generally a very dark game. I often found myself increasing the brightness to see what on earth is going on. The boss battles are generally lousy, there is no continuity in the presentation, the puzzles are unchallenging… and it's just not anywhere near as much fun as Resident Evil 4 or 5 was.
What Capcom have done is admirable, but it's a risk that has backfired on them. They've done their utmost to please EVERYONE, but at the same time they've left some people with what feels like a third of a game and crucially they've lost the spirit of what the words RESIDENT EVIL once meant. Capcom will have to find the cure if they hope to get rid of this virus as it's spreading fast.


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Gridlock has a firm hold on Congress. The tea party extremists control the House chamber. Their legislative agenda is based on right-wing radicalism with no room for compromise. Nan Hayworth supports this agenda. She is the incumbent congresswoman of the 18th District who, in my view, does not represent its mainstream constituents.
The Democratic challenger is Sean Patrick Maloney. As a close adviser to President Clinton during his tenure, Sean knows about bipartisanship in getting things done. The Clinton years produced millions of jobs, a low unemployment rate of 3.9 percent, a budget surplus and shared economic prosperity for America.
Maloney is a real mainstream candidate. He will help unshackle those gridlock chains choking Capitol Hill by crossing the aisle, forging relationships and getting the bipartisan support to move our country forward. Consensus-building to reach solutions would be Sean's order of the day; the legislative stranglehold principles of "party over pragmatism" and "ideological purity over country" would be dismissed.
The choice is clear: legislative paralysis caused by extremism or consensus-building to serve the interests of mainstream America. I choose Sean Patrick Maloney, who adheres to the latter. I hope my fellow constituents agree with me on Election Day.
John Lown
There are only a few times that someone can say, "Politics to the wind, this candidate deserves support."
R.J. Smith is this candidate for these three very good reasons:
First, he is an idealist who still believes doing right is possible and a worthy goal.
Second, he is a "doer." I run at a relatively fast pace. However, I only see his backside way out in front, leading the way. A perfect example is the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan counties, with more than $7 million in endowments for more than 120 worthwhile community beneficiaries. R.J. was a founder and the dynamo engine to create, nurture and support this wonderful not-for-profit charitable foundation.
And the third reason is that he can make the choices, innovate and cooperate, so that if he must say no, it is rare, and you know he is sincere and reliable in doing so.
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We recently learned through the U.S. Census numbers that although the poverty rate stayed at 15 percent in the nation, real household income declined, all while more than 50 percent of our population is aging in the region.
Over the years, R.J. Smith has been instrumental in working with Orange County Rural Development (RDAC), bringing housing to 967 individuals and counting. RDAC is looking forward to continued efforts to meet the rising demand and increase that number.
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Dear Mayor Bloomberg,
My Astoria neighbors and I would appreciate enormously anything you could do to rid our Astoria sidewalks (Broadway, etc.) of bicycle riders, mostly messengers, from using our sidewalks as bicycle lanes. They are absolutely a danger to our heavy sidewalk population.
I have complained to police (114th Precinct). Their response is "No, we don't bother them" or "They are very hard to catch."
I presume this is a lost cause - unless, you can help, puleeeeze.
Stanley Rygor
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Thank you for your message regarding bicyclists on sidewalks in the Astoria area. You are right that they pose a danger to pedestrians. The presence of cyclists on our sidewalks also affects quality of life and should not be tolerated.
After reading your message I reached out to the 114th Precinct to step up their presence on Broadway and other main thoroughfares in Astoria in order to strengthen enforcement of such bicyclist infractions. Everyone needs to get where they are going, and bikes are a smart mode of transport; but they do not belong on our sidewalks. Thanks again for writing.
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Thank you for your message. Quality of life is one of my top priorities, and that includes keeping our roads in good repair. Both Atlantic Avenue and Linden Boulevard, on the way to JFK Airport, are scheduled for capital improvements, including repaving and resurfacing, starting in the coming summer of 2007. The winter months can be rough on our roads, so if we started the work now, we would likely have to fix things again in a few months. But come warmer weather, we'll be out there improving the roadway. That's good news for New Yorkers and visitors alike. Thanks again for writing.
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The Comox Valley spreads from Fanny Bay in the south, to the Oyster River in the north. It is bordered on the west by the Beaufort Mountain Range with its breathtaking Comox Glacier and Strathcona Park, and on the East by the Strait of Georgia, Comox Harbour and Baynes Sound. It encompasses the Municipalities of Comox, Courtenay and Cumberland, and portions of the Comox Strathcona Regional District, with a total population of almost 60,000.
Strathcona Park is Vancouver Island's largest, and British Columbia's oldest provincial park. Comprising more than 500,000 acres, this wilderness area is accessible from Mount Washington and Forbidden Plateau and offers unsurpassed hiking, mountain biking, camping, canoeing and wildlife viewing.
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Shane Nagle: Making Your Portfolio Pricing-Pressure Proof 0 comments
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Metals Report (12/24/13)
Forget about the gold price. Forget about the copper, zinc and nickel price. Start searching out companies that can weather another few years of recovery, because it's unlikely mining companies will get any price relief soon. Shane Nagle, a metals and mining analyst with National Bank Financial, talks with The Mining Report about some names he's found that have strong balance sheets that can carry them through another few years of pricing pressures to smooth sailing on the other side.
The Mining Report: National Bank Financial (NBF) said in an Oct. 7 report that, when combined with its cautious near-term outlook for commodity prices, elevated multiples suggest the base metal sector is overvalued. Are there exceptions to that statement?
Shane Nagle: Since that time, we've seen a retracement in the multiples. The mining index in general remains near the upper end of historical ranges, as investor interest has gravitated toward large and midcap names with stable cash flow and strong balance sheets. Those companies are the exceptions, not only just within the base metal space, but within the mining space in general. Looking past those elevated cash flow and net asset value (NYSE:NAV) multiples and focusing on companies with balance sheets sufficient to weather a prolonged downturn are the names that stand out as being most attractive.
TMR: Do you think the downturn will last several more years?
SN: Maybe downturn is the wrong phrase, but I think we're still a few years away from another rally. If I can use copper as a specific example, there's been a lot of investment on projects in the copper space throughout the past few years. About 15% or so of the current global demand is coming on-line within the next two years from the addition of several large projects (Oyu Tolgoi, Sentinel, Toromocho etc.), this is seemingly going to keep the concentrate market oversupplied throughout 2014-2015. There will probably be some general weakness in copper and base metal prices as a result of this.
The good news is the supply cycle tends to come in waves. Copper prices now are relatively low compared to what price levels are needed in order to make a lot of new projects economical. Projects are being canceled, delayed or suspended. Meanwhile, political factors such as permitting challenges are also pushing out production several years.
So maybe not a downturn, but certainly weaker fundamentals for a couple of years. On the other hand, things are looking pretty good long term, as a lot of the projects that would be slated to come on-line by 2017-2018 are not going to materialize in the current market environment.
TMR: Are we going to see similar sideways performance for nickel and zinc?
SN: Both nickel and zinc markets are oversupplied as well, but appear to be trending in opposite directions. There's seemingly no end to the nickel supply, the wild card being the proposed export ban on nickel laterite ores from Indonesia.
People have made the case that there's a great deal of zinc supply coming offline with the closure of the Brunswick and Perseverance mines. However, there are several additional projects, albeit smaller, coming on-line, as well as the extension of the Century and Skorpion mines in Australia and Namibia, respectively. Both markets may stay well supplied in the near term, but long-term fundamentals appear to be more supportive for zinc (which I think is the consensus view).
TMR: What's your price deck for copper, nickel and zinc for 2014?
SN: For copper we're using $3 per pound ($3/lb); zinc is $1/lb; and nickel is $7/lb. We'll be taking a closer look at updating our estimates in the weeks to come.
TMR: Could base metal producers soon be ready once again to spend money on mergers and acquisitions (M&A)?
SN: I don't think M&A is going to heat up within the base metal space. There's been so much consolidation during the last decade that there's not much out there to buy. The type of M&A that could still happen would be optimization of projects within larger mega-cap companies, like Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN:LSE; GLEN.HK:HONG KONG; GLN:JSE), where they carve out assets to the mid-tiers.
TMR: You don't see companies like BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP:NYSE; BHPLF:OTCPK) or Rio Tinto Plc (RIO:NYSE; RIO:ASX; RIO:LSE; RTPPF:OTCPK) taking advantage of the market for base metals projects that are undervalued?
SN: There are very few projects of that scale that would interest those companies. They also remain under considerable pressure from their shareholders to limit spending. Glencore's most recent comments were about curbing spending for the next few years in order to weather a downturn. Companies are still focusing on strengthening their balance sheets, limiting and reducing capital costs and optimizing their portfolios by shedding non-core assets. I think that's the type of acquisition we'll continue to see, not an increase in traditional M&A.
TMR: What will be the top performers among the base metals equities during the next 12-18 months?
SN: There's very few companies left in the Canadian mid-tier space, but we're focused on the ones that have stronger balance sheets and executable projects. Capstone Mining Corp. (CS:TSX), Lundin Mining Corp. (LUN:TSX) and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM:TSX; FQM:LSE) are able to grow within their existing portfolios, have enough funding to complete those projects and still have some level of internal growth.
TMR: Capstone just put out its Q3/13 financials. Did they meet your expectations?
SN: They did. Capstone's story is mostly about what it can do with Pinto Valley in Arizona throughout 2014. If it does a good job with the transition of Pinto Valley and is operating at full scale, production should increase to in excess of 220 million pounds (220 Mlb) in 2014 from around 105 Mlb in 2013. There are always risks with operating a project of this scale, and we expect some elevated costs initially, but getting the asset from BHP with the keys already in the ignition helps reduce some of that risk.
TMR: First Quantum put out results, too.
"I don't think M&A is going to heat up within the base metal space. There's been so much consolidation during the last decade that there's not much out there to buy."
SN: First Quantum is also working on some transitional projects, namely Sentinel, a copper smelter and expanding the Kansanshi mine in Zambia. All those projects are all ongoing in tandem and are set to transition the production profile of the company. At the forefront of everyone's mind is what First Quantum can do with Cobre Panama, which it acquired as part of theInmet Mining Corp. (IMN:TSX) acquisition earlier this year. There should be an update on the expected capital costs and timeline of that project early next year. We're confident in First Quantum's ability to deliver the project successfully, the only question is to what extent recent cost cutting initiatives created problems with local contractors and what impact that might have on timing/development costs going forward.
TMR: Lundin Mining was pursuing takeover offers a few years ago. Now it's looking at expanding its footprint. What turned that company around?
SN: There's been a change in strategy as Lundin focuses on increasing profitability at its existing assets. The current CEO, Paul Conibear, was promoted from his previous corporate development role and has helped in this transition. Of course, the main cornerstone is its 24% equity interest in Tenke Fungurume in the Congo, which is operated by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX:NYSE). At current prices, it is generating $40-50 million ($40-50M) per quarter net to Lundin. The free cash flow it provides to Lundin is very helpful in funding the development of its wholly-owned operations, including development of the recently acquired Eagle mine.
TMR: Gold fell $213 an ounce ($213/oz) in the Q2 and another $91/oz in the Q3. What's your forecast for 2014?
SN: Our bank uses a $1,300/oz forecast for 2014.
TMR: What's your outlook for silver?
SN: Our silver forecast is $21/oz, and again, we'll be taking a closer look at our metal price forecasts in the new year.
TMR: A Q3/13 report by NBF reported that "despite widespread cuts to exploration and more recently corporate general and administrative expense (G&A) even select high-quality names could yet again show an alarming rate of cash depletion, particularly those mid to late cycle on development projects." Is there a work-around solution for investors?
SN: I think the exceptions are those companies that aren't committing capital to a large-scale project or have all financing in place. That's why we continue to point to the royalty names as a defensive pick in the gold space. They may not necessarily be the cheapest, but you're not going to have a surprising cash strain on a quarterly basis.
"Large-cap base metal and royalty companies will offer exposure to a rebound in prices, but also limit losses should current market conditions persist."
TMR: Royalty plays are also trending lower. Why would an investor choose a royalty company over dividend-paying equities outside the mining space?
SN: Comparing them to outside the mining space is interesting, other sectors are paying better yields currently, but the mining royalty companies exhibit relatively strong growth and have the potential for some significant dividend increases in the future. I would say if you have to be invested in the mining space, you want to hold royalty companies because of the stability of their liquidity positions. If you ran spot prices and looked at which companies would have the best financial position at the end of next year, without question, it would be Royal Gold Inc. (RGLD:NASDAQ; RGL:TSX), Franco-Nevada Corp. (FNV:TSX; FNV:NYSE) and Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW:TSX; SLW:NYSE). Current market conditions also make an ideal hunting ground for these large-scale royalty companies to put some of that cash to work and generate growth. Some fairly significant dividend increases should materialize as they harvest cash flow from acquisitions.
TMR: Royal Gold President and CEO Tony Jensen recently told an audience at the Goldman Sachs Global Metal and Mining/Steel Conference in New York that Royal Gold has more than $1 billion ($1B) in liquidity and that it is "well positioned" to take advantage of a "very attractive" market environment. What streaming or royalty targets could make sense for a company of that size with that much money to spend?
SN: There are several junior/mid-tier companies in need of additional capital, but I think the most interesting opportunities are carving out large-scale royalties or streams from the majors. The Vale S.A. (VALE:NYSE) transaction by Silver Wheaton changed the royalty landscape, carving out gold production from the Salobo mine in Brazil and operations in Sudbury, Ontario, in a $1.9B deal.
It's another way for those large diversified companies to carve out non-core assets or commodities and realize some value for them.
TMR: If I'm an investor in Royal Gold and I hear a speech like that, I say, "Well, why don't you take some of that liquidity and increase your dividend to attract more investors?"
SN: I believe Royal Gold has increased its dividend every year for the last 14 years. The share price has exhibited such good growth that the yield doesn't look as attractive. With operating cash-flow growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6% in the coming years, the share price should continue to benefit, as should future dividend growth.
TMR: In addition to that deal with Vale, Silver Wheaton reached a stream deal with Sandspring Resources Ltd. (SSP:TSX.V). Do those types of deals move the needle for a company like Silver Wheaton, Royal Gold or Franco-Nevada?
SN: This is a way for these companies to gain exploration exposure and strike deals for projects that could potentially be the next cycle's significant projects. Getting in on the ground level and striking a deal when gold prices are depressed doesn't require a great deal of upfront capital.
In terms of moving the needle with the current valuation: No, it doesn't. But fast forward 10 years down the line-each of these royalty companies will have a handful of option agreements that could materialize into something big-they've got attractive terms on a future stream, increased exposure to future exploration success and long-term growth.
TMR: What's next for Franco?
SN: The major catalyst for Franco is getting information on Cobre Panama from First Quantum. Franco had previously struck a $1B streaming transaction at that asset with Inmet Mining. The company will be looking for more visibility on production and possible scalability, as well as the timing of payments to First Quantum. With respect to counter-party risks, Franco is in pretty good hands with a company like First Quantum running its project.
Another royalty example is Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SSL:TSX; SAND:NYSE.MKT). It has $100M in cash and $100M of available credit. Sandstorm's performance is being impacted currently by elevated counter-party risks, as there are concerns with the profitability of a few of its streaming agreements. About 70% of its future production is in relatively safe hands at current commodity prices; however, there could be downside risk to its production estimates.
TMR: The company announced that it had record gold sales in Q3. Is this going to be a regular occurrence?
SN: That trend should continue as its primary counter-party, Luna Gold Corp. (LGC:TSX; LGC:BVL), ramps up its phase one expansion at its Aurizona Project in Brazil next year.
It also has a stream on SilverCrest Mines Inc.'s (SVL:TSX.V; SVLC:NYSE.MKT) Santa Elena mine in Mexico, which is going into underground development next year. The record production headlines will persist late into next year, but then taper off if metal prices don't offer its counter-parties some support.
TMR: Do you have some parting thoughts?
SN: A lot of the people I talk to on a daily basis are saying it's got to turn around and are picking more leveraged ideas, which a select few will certainly pay off. A more conservative approach would be looking for names that may not necessarily be the cheapest right now, but may present the best opportunity for future growth through M&A, or those companies that have the strongest balance sheets going forward. These names tend to be the large-cap base metal and royalty companies, which will offer exposure to a rebound in prices, but also limit losses should current market conditions persist.
TMR: Excellent. Thanks.
SN: Sure. My pleasure.
Shane Nagle is a metals and mining analyst at National Bank Financial, covering base metals, royalties and junior gold companies. Prior to 2008, Nagle worked as a process engineer within the hydrometallurgy group at Hatch and has an engineering chemistry degree from Queen's University. In 2013, he received the StarMine award for top stock picker in Canada (Metals & Mining).
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C&M Tire & Wheel Company DO NOT HAVE BRAKE WORK DONE HERE Dallas, Texas
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While talking to the tech I looked at the pads and noticed there was no excess anti-squeal lubricant on my pads so I asked if he could apply some to see if that would take care of the noise. The tech admitted that no anti-squeal lubricant was used because it is not required. I explained to him that was not the case and that we now know what the issue is. He again refused to even look at my car or to apply any anti-squeal lubricant. It is common knowledge that lubricant is required between the pad and caliper to prevent noise when braking so the fact that these guys did not and refuse to do so is a warning to anyone. DO NOT HAVE ANY BRAKE WORK DONE HERE.
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Why do you do this? You don't make a decent profit and it only causes problems like this in the end.
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Abundatrade abundatrade.com Total rip off of accepting your items and claims that they weren't in good condition, to give less money Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
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First, the shipping isn't free as stated throughout their website (although, after submitting your estimate form for your items is when you find out that you will recieve a shipping label, but still will be charged at the post office, me: $15.00.
Second, they estimated my items to be around mid $30s. Then, the email i recieved when they recieved my items, stated: a shade over $10. They claimed that the items was in horrible condition, when some of the books, had not been read ever before (like new).
Customer Service was not prompt in response. BBB didn't help whatsoever, nor did they leave the complaint on the report AFTER the company failed to respond at all.
Do not do business with them.
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text: Is there a problem redeeming the ARPS or is this tanking solely becaue of the market? The discount is getting big again (28%) and I might buy so long as there is some positive economic news coming from anywhere in the world.Once we bottom (real estate) we don't necessarily go back up without good news. The yield, if it is sustainable, is a great incentive to hold on once we bottom until the good news comes. Then the NAV rises and the discount closes.THis is similar to the convertible, high yield and emerging market debt funds that tanked with the market. They all came back when the good news--no or few defaults--became obvious. Maybe the came closing of the discout will also happen with domestic and global RE? Regardless, we must have some glimmer of hope before investors come in.


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Former IBF junior middleweight titlist Carlos Molina returned the ring on Saturday night – 14 pounds lighter than his typical career weight.
Terence Crawford is a brilliant boxer with considerable promise, as he plans to prove against Viktor Postol on Saturday, but don't expect him to talk much about it.
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Undefeated Antonio Orozco looks to reinforce his name in the junior welterweight division when he faces Humberto Soto on Saturday night.
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Undefeated junior welterweight Jose Carlos Ramirez will headline 'Solo Boxeo Tecate' on Sept. 26 in Lemoore, Calif.
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Former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns finally managed to secure a "W" in an eight-round junior welterweight attraction by dropping and then outpointing Alexandre Lepelley in Leeds, England.
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Records of the Ace of Clubs, a women's club founded by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1910. Includes club records, correspondence, meeting minutes, President's books, and photograph albums.
This folder contains materials concerning Senator John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign efforts in Colorado, including a newspaper article, excerpts from the Congressional Record, and correspondence between Senator Kennedy; Ted Sorensen, Staff Assistant to Senator Kennedy; members of the Senator's staff, and attorney Joseph F. Dolan concerning th...
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to staff members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. In his speech the President discusses the importance of the United Nations, particularly in keeping international peace, and urges all countries to provide it with financial support.
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