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Neon Genesis Evangelion made waves in 1995 and has come back recently thanks to the promise of a Hollywood remake to again mark its territory as one of anime's greatest landmarks. Well, Appliya have brought to the App Store some of the magic which has made Evangelion a hit both then and now. The outcome? Five new apps, three of which I have been able to fondle. Firstly, I expect that these apps will really appeal to fans of the original show and the new live action movie wich is slated for opening sometime this century. Maybe.
If you are interested in What Evangelion is, take a look at a fan's mash up of what the live action movie could become as well as glimpses of Evangelion anime scenes.

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ESA 'birthday card' of Apollo 11 landing site
This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Apollo 11 landing site in the Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon.
SMART-1's AMIE camera obtained this image on 5 February 2006 from a distance of 1764 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution of 159 metres per pixel. The imaged area is centred at a longitude of 23.9º East close to the Moon equator, at 1.7º latitude. This image is a mosaic of several filter images of AMIE, the boundaries of which can be seen by thin horizontal lines (north is up).
SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon, concluded its adventure in the early morning of 3 September 2006 when it impacted on the lunar surface in the 'Lake of Excellence'.
The area in the image is close to crater Moltke (just out of view) in the Mare Tranquilitatis. The arrow shows the landing site of Apollo 11, where the first men from Earth set foot on another object in our Solar System on 20 July 1969. The two prominent craters nearby are named after two of the Apollo 11 astronauts. The first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, has a crater named after him outside the field of this image.
As can be seen from the image, the area which was selected for the first landing has a fairly featureless, on a large scale smooth surface. This was done on purpose to make the landing easier.
The landing sites of the Apollo missions are important calibration targets for lunar remote-sensing missions, as these are the places from where material was brought back to Earth and analysed in detail. The age of the rocks returned with Apollo can be determined with radioisotopic dating methods to very high accuracy and give 'reference points' to remote sensing instruments.
"From SMART-1 observations of previous landing sites we can compare remote observations to the ground truth, and expand from local to global views of the Moon, and we can better define potential sites for future landers," said Bernard Foing, ESA's SMART-1 Project Scientist. The SMART-1 team is contributing its experience and data set for potential future missions of lunar orbiters and landers.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Another swag of Yaffa digests...
3 comments:
- Daniel Best said...
Yep, those are the ones I left behind because I already have them. In fact I've a number of spares here - I might just send them over.
You missed two of the rarer ones...but that's because I bought 'em!
- October 27, 2008 at 11:42 AM
- spiros xenos said...
Well, yeah, I pretty much guessed you'd have them... I just picked them up because I got them for $1 each... So which rare ones did you pick up...? Sure, by all means send through your duplicates...
My main question regarding the Yaffa digests is this: Are they all facsimiles of regular-sized Yaffa editions, or are there issues which were digest-only? I'm discounting retitled/rebadged digests as digest-only for the purposes of this question.
- October 27, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- spiros xenos said...
Just summarising a few points here which I discussed with Danny offline:
1. Numbered digests are in the same series as regular sized editions;
2. Unnumbered/odd-titled one-shot digests are reprints of other regular-titled/numbered digests and/or regular issues (there may be exceptions, but this appears to be the pattern);
3. Some Yaffa series issues are simply reprints of previous issues eg. 2001which had two printings - issues #1 & #2 - which are identical issues.
Thanks, and all credit to Danny for the above contributions/observations.
- December 15, 2008 at 1:40 PM


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A Solution from Purgatory (for the Matrix from Hell)
This post attempts to recount some of my thought process which eventually (more than a year later) lead to the Matrix from Hell puzzle I posted about a few days ago. If you don't want to know my answer, don't read the rest of this post. My final solution is at the bottom.
You have been warned.
Below is a list of my general thought process and the main ideas/revelations/halucinations that I know helped me to my solution. An annotated matrix is at the bottom with some of the ideas highlighted in different colors.
- Should indices start at 0 or 1?
- Values along either axis count up by 1 in both directions when the other =0
- Values are duplicated over the f(x)=y axis –> Order of indices given to function is inmaterial since they can be swapped
[The RED 5 can be seen duplicated over the diagonal]
- Calculation of max/min index is O(1) so stop worry about it and "forget" the bottom half of the matrix (assume X>= Y)
- Values generally increase as they go right/down but not always
- f(x,x)=0, f(x,0)=x
- Values are symmetrical perpendicular to f(x)=y IFF the bounding square in question is a power of 2
- "Quad" patterns can be seen repeating for every power of 2. In each "Quad" the top left quadrant is the same as the bottom right and the top right is the same as the bottom left.
[Each "Quad" of the example matrix is outlined in BLUE with the quadrants in LIGHT BLUE. PINK shows the repetition]
- power of 2 repeating nature of the values leads to thinking of binary trees
- binary trees leads to thinking about a possible solution which could run in O(log2 n) time:
- In a nut shell, for a given (X,Y), algorithm would find smallest boudning power of 2 including X and would walk back "Quad"s by each successivly smaller power of 2 "Quad" until the last one is met. For each "Quad" determine which quadrant the value lives in and remap to root values.
- Debate if this would really work for large numbers and if it could be reduced to constant time function by math that I have forgotton from college/HS
- Dismiss b/c I can't remember a way and base idea is > O(1)
- Binary trace back algorithm idea makes me realize that it can be also looked at as the "binary" representation of a number (e.g. 01011011010) where each 1 represents a "Quad" where the value was in the upper right or bottom left and vica-verca.
[Following the matrix value at (5,6) can be seen ORANGE. The value 3 is in the bottom right of the 1st "Quad", then BL, & TR. {BR BL TR} => {101} => {3}]
- Remembered that f(x,y)=0 IFF x==y …. which means that difference between X and Y is important to value of f()
- Eureka!
- F(X, Y) = X xor Y
- solution typed above in white on white to protect the innocent. highlight to view.
That is it. I never said it was pretty or made any sense.
Matrix Puzzle From Hell or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Patterns
The Stage
About a year ago, Mr. King (@Adkron) posed a math puzzle on our team's whiteboard first thing one morning. The problem seemed at the same time very complex and strangely simple. Amos said that he had found it surfing the web the night before and that it was from some company's interview or resume-submitting questions.
After several passionate whiteboarding sessions including members of our team, and any poor souls who walked by (I believe Mr. Young falls into this group), no one had a solution. Eventually the whiteboard was clearred for more "important" work but the puzzle lingered with me. On several occasions over the past year I have redrawn the matrix on a pad of paper and spent and hour or two trying to decipher the patterns and make sense of the answer tickling at edge of my brain.
This past week, while drifting off to sleep, the puzzle popped back into my head. After a few moments a number of ideas I had had months before fell together in just the right way for me to FINALLY figure out a solution. Eureka! (I mentally shouted) and got out of bed to find a piece of paper to work through some more examples and prove myself right.
The Puzzle
Given a 2D matrix such that each cell's value is defined as follows:
>> The smallest non-negative integer not already present to the "left" or "above" <<
Determine an constant time function ( O(1) ) which given X and Y indices will return the value of the matrix cell at (X,Y).
For the visual people in the crowd, the top left corner or said matrix looks something like this:
The picture only shows the top 8×8 of the defined matrix as an example. We can see that whatever f(x,y) you come up with needs to equal the following example values
f(0,0) = 0
f(1,0) = 1
f(2,0) = 2
f(3,0) = 3
f(3,1) = 2
f(3,2) = 1
The real key here is that the solution needs to function in constant time: O(1). This means that computing the matrix value at (6,3) should be the same cost computationally as computing the matrix value at (10000000,4500005).
Anyone can write a program to compute the whole matrix out to your point (in theory) but can you come up with a better solution? In less than a year?
The Solution
Not just yet. I will post my thought process and eventual solution soon in a separate post.
** I didn't think of this puzzle, nor guarantee that I am remembering it correctly **
** If you know who did or have any corrections, please leave a comment below **


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How is it June already? Eesh!
Anyway, my big one for this month is to complete my first 50 miler--the Dawg Gone Long Run by ORRRC on June 30th.
What does everyone have on tap for this month?
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Forgive me 1500 mile group for I have sinned, it has been months since I've posted goals - but I've paid, I've gotten fat and slow!!!
June goals, not be fat and slow anymore!
And run 200 miles. For once this year.
And for goodness sake stick to a training plan for once in my damn life. Sheesh!
Happy running!
2018 Goals
Figure out the achilles thing...... and THEN try to get running regularly again.
No racing goals
I just plan to keep up with the bunny this month. I'm too far down to worry about catching any hossenfeffer dinner. But at least I should not fall any further back.
{{fat knifey}} we absolve you, now sin no more!
In June I hope to get my knee better and get faster.
Runners run
Last month was kind of a cut back month as I prepared for a 5K on the 30th, so now I'd like to get a few months of decent mileage in before the Fall and maybe some longer races.
Not sure if I can get there but I'd like to get 200 miles in this month.
Crossfit 3x per week (got a groupon for 15 visits so thought i'd try to get in shape for my July cruise)
That is all.
Last month was kind of a cut back month as I prepared for a 5K on the 30th, so now I'd like to get a few months of decent mileage in before the Fall and maybe some longer races.
Not sure if I can get there but I'd like to get 200 miles in this month.
Crossfit 3x per week (got a groupon for 15 visits so thought i'd try to get in shape for my July cruise)
That is all.
Bikini weather!! (I mean,....mankini!)
Goals...again?...every month?....aargh..okay....guess mine is to do a tempo run every week. First one done last night. I've been gradually making my way from pleasure-runner to runner-with-goals.
Go as long as you can, and then take another step.
I fly.
My June Goal... I want to run... a lot. Hopefully 225. But I'm moving so it might be more like 175.
Bring it on.
I'm kind of behind on my running miles for 2012. I've been busy cleaning.
I'm kind of behind on my running miles for 2012. I've been busy cleaning.
OMG! I just did that too! Well actually I'm still working on the glass o'wine, but did the Febreze thing already
I'm bummed because I didn't pay attention to my gut instinct 4 times in the last 2 weeks when it told me to cut back on the distance of those particular runs. Now I've got a relapse of my left arch injury from January. So in trade I'm going to give my "gut" 4 times where I'll listen to it. One time being tonight when it said "DON"T try to run and see what happens like you always do!" So...not running, planning on doing some yoga, if the wine doesn't unbalance me too much The whole thing just really bugs me because for the last year my focus has been or supposed to have been to pay attention to how my body is responding to my "training" and adjust as needed. Well this just calls me out on that! I'm no better than I ever was...still the compulsive runner.
do more cleaning and you'll feel better.
do more cleaning and you'll feel better.
thanks for the sympathy Doug. Never did get around to any yoga last night....
Foot is better today. I'm going to try a walk or slow run and see what happens. May end up doing more cleaning....
I've decided to write it down any time I get a thought to modify my planned run in hopes that I'll give more consideration to my intuition. I honestly want to work on this issue as much as I want to go running. It might be a futile exercise, but I want to be a better smarter runner not just a compulsive heedless one.
Bikini weather!! (I mean,....mankini!)
Not sure if I'm going to break out the speedos from my college swim team years (not sure I'll fit into them anyway) but I'd like to have a bit less of a gut before we go.
Okay - failing both of my goals so far. It does not look like I am going to hit 200 this month - maybe 175 if I'm lucky (I'd have to average 8+ miles per day for the next week and a half and I dont see that happening).
Also, started Crossfit late waiting for a fellow employee to join me. He decided not to - so I went once last week before going on vacation, then today I missed the class but sucked it up and hit my gym and did their workout on my own. count that as two. Hopefully I'll get to class on Friday.


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Colbert Report starts Wednesday
From Philip Wakefield in the DomPost's TV Week (on-line here).
The Colbert Report starts on NZ television on Wednesday ... apparently Sky now has a Comedy Central channel (...that won't be airing The Daily Show ).
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That makes me grumpy - I was hoping it would get picked up by c4. Now I'm going to have to get Sky digital. Umph!
.. right about the time that comedy central have cut off the ability to "view full episode" to people outside USA.
Only people in NZ I think Ben. We have full access in Asia
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hi there, first of all thanks for the great theme. of course the downside is that php/html-newbies like me start messing around with it and end up with a lot of questions...
well, for now just one:
instead of the comment-text-link (and its different states) i just would like the footer to show a simple comment-icon linking to the comment section on the single-post-page.
how could i do this? i searched and had a look around but couldn't find anything to 'deduce' from. oh, and i'm running the old 3.5.3 version.
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The Blackheath assembly meeting took place tonight.
Age Exchange and the Library
First up was Sir Ian Mills, asking everyone to please use the Bakehouse Library. Apparently it has lots of kids using it, but not enough adults. £800,000 of development work is due to take place by 2015, including grand plans to turn the two upper floors of the Reminisence Centre into a kind of community centre. The Bugle sat on his hands and didn't ask anything impertinent about local council's obligations being overtaken by charities – I hear it's all the vogue these days.
One of the questions – why isn't there a big notice in the window of the centre, encouraging people to please use the tiny library out the back for god's sake? (I may be paraphrasing)…
Olympics Transport Issues
Then onto Olympics, where a nice lady called Emma told us that we would all be consulted, and that our feedback was essential, but that she couldn't really confirm anything very much, as she wasn't a technician, and that all the important people were at Greenwich council for a planning meeting that was unfortunately scheduled to coincide with the assembly.
Lots of questions about parking and permits during the Olympics – many from Kevin Bonavia, who made sure to turn to the audience whenever asking a question… He'll go far I'm sure. Emma smiled, nodded, and apologised through them all. She couldn't specify a month by when we could be certain about the parking situation.
There will be bus stop closures on Ha Ha Road.
"Will there be parking on the heath?". Yes there will, but only on one day (July 30th), and only by coaches picking up olympic believers from Blue Water, and depositing them on Prince Charles Road. But the coaches will be on matting, so the grass will be ok.
Originally LOCOG had promised that there would be no parking at all on the heath.
There will also be a bike rack and taxi rank in Talbot Place.
A question about this: "If I'm a resident, can I still park outside my house?". No blooming idea. Come along to the informal chit chat at the Clarendon Hotel on 3rd & 4th February, where all will be revealed.
One Talbot Place resident was particularly cross about the impact that the taxi rank and bike racks would have on disabled people in the area. "I'll feed that back".
"What will happen to the DLR? Will it be able to cope?" "TfL have done lots of lovely modelling. There are some very colourful models on their website".
Blackheath Live Site
Then it was Liz Dart – Community Engagement officer from Lewisham Council, who was up to talk about the plans for the Olympics Live Site (the big screen planned to go in front of Taste of Rat).
Liz last addressed the Assembly back when Blackheath still had a proper library, but I digress… We were about to be PowerPointed, but Lewisham council make all their staff use secure USB sticks, which never work, as anyone who has attempted to use one in a Windows machine can attest.
She went through the plans, which looked the same as the ones which have been highlighted previously on this site. She mentioned some of the activities that will take place – tea dances, comedy nights, sports films. Some of these will be ticketed, and some will be free.
Zone 3 will contain a climbing wall, and a roller skating rink which sounds rather fun. It will be run by a company with an amusing name which sounded a lot like Bottom, but I'm sure it wasn't. It wont' be a fairground – there won't be loud music, and no "callers" (not sure what they are).
The staff & contractors used will be the same teams that are used for Fireworks night.
Emergency services will be the same teams as usual, except for the police, who will be all centrally controlled from the Met, due to the Olympics.
Lot of questions about noise from the big screen. One very annoyed man pointed out that whilst the screen is facing away from the nearby homes, this means that the cheers from the crowds will be projected towards the homes. Also pointed out that it's near a busy road.
The location was determined by the Locog events nearby. They don't expect 5,000 people for the majority of the time. The deciding factor will be the weather, and how well Britain is doing in the Olympics.
"Will it be ticketed – isn't it too many people?". Fireworks attracts 100,000. It won't be ticketed.
"What about the grass?". It will be maintained by Glendale as usual.
Question about screen times, and adoloescents loitering, upsetting young families. Answer: 8am-11pm but only if there is interest. Alcohol won't be served throughout these hours, but will probably be available from midday at weekends for example.
"What about seating? Can we bring our own?" No fixed seating will be provided at the site. There may be hay bales, or something of that nature. You can bring your own seat.
Apparently there will be a firework display this year, touch wood. The live site event isn't expected to make a profit, and there are strict rules about commercial activity so close to an Olympic venue. Initially a school dinner provider wanted to try and break a world record at the site (for the most dinners served? Largest omellette? Can't remember), but this level of sponsorship wouldn't have been allowed.
The overall cost is thought to be around £150,000, but some income will be derived from attractions, partnerships, etc.
The licence decision for the live site is due to be decided at a council comittee next week. i got the feeling that they're pretty sure it will be approved.
Localism – Pickles' Grand Idea
Then it was onto Heidi Alexander talking about the Localism Bill.
I'm not going to even attempt to explain it all here. It looks bloody confusing to me, although she spoke well. Interesting points:
* Groups of 21 or more can form local forums, subject to local council approval
* These forums can declare "local assets", such as pubs, churches, etc to be added to a special List.
* Anything on this list cannot be quickly sold or got rid of by the owner. They have additional obligations to discuss any sale with the council. Either an extra 6 weeks or 6 months delay is added, to prevent quick sales of local assets.
So this raises interesting questions: Who can form a Forum? Are there concerns about groups forming forums specifically to exclude other groups? The legal status of these forums appears murky as the legislation currently stands. Should the Blackheath Society form a forum? Should the Blackheath Assembly be a vehicle for a forum?
What would you like to see on a list of Blackheath Assets? One suggestion was that the station car park could be added to such a list, to prevent National Rail from screwing with it.
UPDATE: See the petition about the station car park.


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Microbe Magazine
The archaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 (red pigment) grows within salt crystals. Some bacteria and archaea have evolved complex regulatory mechanisms to survive wide-ranging stresses such as those that occur in unusual environments (see p. 110). (Photograph by Christopher Jacob and Priya Das-Sarma.)
Microbe Magazine, Cover Image
Cover ImageVaccines are crucial for controlling the spread of influenza, but currently are only effective against a limited mix of strains. A universal vaccine remains elusive, but progress is being made (see p. 433). (Image © James King-Holmes/ Science Source.)
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== Daily news ==
== Daily news ==
Version du 14:41, 1 juillet 2006
Bienvenue sur la page Atlas SC4 LCG-France
Welcome to the LCG-France Atlas SC4 page
Compte rendu de la réunion SC4 ATLAS au CERN du 9 Juin (S.Jézéquel, G. Rahal) (written in french)
- T0 Role(CERN)
- Produce dummy files with 1 to 2 GB size(RAW, ESD et AOD) (see T0 Twiki)
- Initiate T0->T1 transfers
- FTS server sents files to Lyon choosing between 'TAPE' (RAW 43,2 Mo/s) or 'DISK' (ESD,AOD 23+20 Mo/s) areas
- T1 Role (CCIN2P3)
- Get files from T0 (dedicated dcache area: L. Schwarz)
- Provides LFC (lfc-atlas.in2p3.fr) and FTS service (cclcgftsli01.in2p3.fr) (D. Bouvet)
- Send all AODs to each T2 (20 Mo/s) using Lyon FTS server
- Regurlarly cleanup files
- T2 Role (BEIJING, LAL, LAPP, LPC, LPNHE, SACLAY, TOKYO)
- Get files from T1 (Lyon). Files on the T2 are written in /home/atlas/sc4tier0/...
- Clean-up the files (?)
- Other roles
- ATLAS (S. Jézéquel) : Initiate T1->T2 transfers
Information from DDM monitoring
- http://atlas-ddm-monitoring.web.cern.ch/atlas-ddm-monitoring/rrd/plots/stackday.png
- http://atlas-ddm-monitoring.web.cern.ch/atlas-ddm-monitoring/rrd/plots/stackdayt2.png
- http://atlas-ddm-monitoring.web.cern.ch/atlas-ddm-monitoring/rrd/plots/stack4h.png
- http://atlas-ddm-monitoring.web.cern.ch/atlas-ddm-monitoring/rrd/plots/stack4ht2.png
- Transfer rates for LYON and associated T2s (validated files by DDM):
Information from FTS monitoring
Information from dCache monitoring (provided by Lyon)
Daily news
- 20 June 2006: Mail from Miguel Branco (DDM responsible)
Today we started deploying DQ2 on the remaining T1 sites (not all
sites still available).
Attached is the result of a (nice) ramp up, easily beating SC3's record (on the 1st day of export of SC4) peaking at ~ 270 MB/s. Each 'step' in the graph is an additional T1 being added to the export.
Dataset subscriptions are now slowing down and will resume tomorrow. Our DQ2 monitoring has been turned off and we expect to have it back tomorrow! Still a long way to go until we have a reasonable understanding of the limiting factors..
- 22 June: General power cut at CERN at 2:pm.
- 24 June : Dataset T0.D.run000949.ESD transfered from Lyon to LAL and TOKYO. Tranfering the same dataset to LAPP and LPC failed because these sites have same domain name (*.in2p3.fr) as Lyon.
- 25 June : Almost no transfer from CERN to T1s during the week-end.
- 26 June : SC4 transfers restarted with working DDM monitoring. Successfull transfers to LAL, SACLAY and TOKYO. Technical problem (domain name) for LAPP, LPNHE and LPC : under investigation. Contact BEIJING.
- 28 June :
- Problem of domain name solved for LAPP, LPC and LPNHE. First transfers to these sites have been done.
- Increase the number of LFC connection to 40 (advice from CERN-IT and DDM).
AODs were transfered to all T2s associated to Lyon except BEIJING (looks like a FTS problem)
- Transfer all AODs to LAL. Problems to transfer AODs to LAPP (one dcache server crashed)
- 29 June :
- Transfer of AODs to TOKYO


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By Linda Koco
A new marriage could be in the making. This is the marriage of indexed annuities with 401(k) retirement plans.
The idea has been a topic of conversation for the past few years, but just a few weeks ago, National Life Group, Montpelier, Vt., took the next step: It unveiled SecurePlus VIP, a fixed indexed annuity (FIA) designed just for the 401(k) market. Issued by Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, a National Life Group subsidiary, it includes a guaranteed lifetime income rider.
Worth noting is that the product is structured to be a plan option inside of the 401(k), not an IRA rollover option.
The idea of offering annuities inside of 401(k) plans is not new. In fact, a survey by AON Hewitt, Lincolnshire, Ill., published in early 2012 found that 11 percent of the 500 surveyed large to medium-sized employers were already offering annuity or insurance products of some type inside of defined contribution plans such at 401(k)s.
In addition, among employers that did not yet offer in-plan annuity/insurance features, 16 percent said they were very likely/ somewhat likely to offer such features during the coming year.
But FIAs have not been players in this market up to now. For instance, the AON Hewitt survey says that annuity/insurance products that employers named as being in their plans included variable annuity features, guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits, preservation of principal, and minimum annuity payouts, among others. FIAs were not on the list, presumably because the products had little to no role in the market then.
Today, however, FIAs may start to take a position. That's because certain barriers to offering FIAs inside of 401(k)s have now been cleared away, says Shelby Smith. An economist who is executive vice president and director of strategic development for Futurity First, Rocky Hill, Conn., he has been following the FIA/401(k) hook-up efforts for several years.
In addition, he says, there is growing demand for a conservative investment option inside 401(k) plans that will help protect employees from outliving their money. It is likely that employers will want to offer products that will respond to that demand, he predicts.
More education required
Should Smith's predictions prove out, that could that could lead to the forging of new relationships in the FIA market—and a new market segment for FIA professionals. But for this to happen, annuity specialists are going to have to bone up on the 401(k) market and also on the FIAs that are being developed for sale for inside of 401(k)s, Smith says.
"The majority of agents and securities reps have had no education on 401(k)s at all," he explains.
In addition, annuity agents who already have expertise in selling FIAs in the retail market will need to become familiar with FIAs for the 401(k) market. The products still have upside potential and downside guarantees, as do retail FIAs, but they will differ in certain other areas.
Concerning 401(k) education issues, Smith ticks off several things that producers will need to learn about. Most of these are no-brainers for benefits specialists, but not so for producers who formerly focused only on insurance or securities. Examples include:
Understand the moving parts in a 401(k). This includes the role of the third party administrator, the record keeper, the plan sponsor and how the money flows in and out, Smith says.
Understand how to help the employee choose the allocation. The vast majority of plan participants do not change their allocation once they make their initial allocation between their 401(k) options, Smith cautions. To change this, "we think the agents should visit the workplace twice a year or so, and encourage the participants to come in for a review." The frequent visits will have the added benefit of providing more opportunity to educate on the plan features, including the FIA option.
Understand the 401(k) plan structure. For instance, Smith says advisors will need to be aware that the employer is the plan trustee and that the trustee has a fiduciary obligation to let employees know what is in the plan, the fees that are charged, etc. As for advice, the registered investment advisor or advisor provides that.
Help employees understand their plan and the role of the advisor in that particular plan.
Talk knowledgeably with the employer about the plan. Many employers already have 401(k) plans, but for most, the idea of including an FIA option is brand new. The advisor will need to be able to discuss the entire plan, and show how the FIA option can help employees achieve their retirement goals, Smith says.
Focus on advising, not selling. The advisor will need to become comfortable with providing guidance to participants, Smith says. "It's a matter of saying, something like, 'Here are your options and I will provide guidance that will help you choose the option that is best for your circumstances. For instance, if you are close to retirement and worried about account values not falling, the FIA might be for you.'"
Learn the FIA products, too
As for the FIA products, producers who are already familiar with FIAs will have a good background for discussing the FIA option in the 401(k). But they will need to remember that the FIAs in 401(k)s may have differences.
For instance, the National Life product lets employees see daily values of the FIA as they do the daily values of the plan's mutual fund options, says Smith. By comparison, retail FIAs do not show daily values.
Advisors will also need to learn how they will be compensated. For instance, with retail products, the advisor typically has the option of taking heaped or trail commission options. But in the 401(k) market, that will likely change. For instance, in National Life's FIA, "there is only one option—a trail option and the advisor receives it only as long at the advisor stays actively involved with the plan," Smith says.
The products for this market may also have provisions that take that fee-based planning, such as that done by registered investment advisors, into account, he says.
An important factor is that whoever sells these products must be dual licensed, in insurance and securities. The advisor needs the securities license to provide guidance on the securities options and the insurance license to provide guidance on the FIA option.
Advisors can run into roadblocks when presenting the FIA option. For instance, some employers are vertically integrated with the record-keeper and third party administrator, Smith says. And a brokerage firm may be involved.
It might happen that one or more of those parties will tell the employer that "you can't put a fixed indexed annuity on the platform" or that they "can't administer it," he says. That would effectively block further discussion about the FIA concept. The workaround is for the advisor to partner up with an independent third party administrator and record keeper, Smith says.
One reason that offering fixed annuities, especially the FIA version of the product, has been slow to catch on is that it was difficult for carriers to put the FIA on the same platform as the mutual funds. The traditional fixed annuity business is still paper based, but in the 401(k) market, "everything needs to go from computer to computer," Smith points out.
As a result, carriers have needed to change the FIA to make it all work, he says. These changes can range from building an electronic platform and allowing for daily updates to changing the compensation structure, handling the flows from the payroll deduction, and arranging for the FIA to be portable with guaranteed lifetime income rider intact upon employee termination before retirement.
As these factors get worked out, the market is likely to see more FIAs for the 401(k) market, Smith predicts.
"Mutual funds and other investments are important in a portfolio for growth and income," notes Michael Kalen, CEO of 401(k) Marketing, a division of Futurity First, "but they cannot provide the security of income that the FIA can. This security is what many employees and employers want to include in their 401(k) plan as a savings option."
Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to AnnuityNews, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].


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In an open letter on the Double Fine community site Brutal Legend developer and Double Fine head honcho Tim Schafer explains how best to play Brutal Legend and reminds everyone that the game isn't a real-time strategy game.
It is a historical fact that it began its life as an RTS game, inspired by Herzog Zwei. But then as we worked on it we simplified it, and simplified it, and focused it more and more on the player avatar and the combat. Every time we focused the gameplay on the action, it became more fun. The end result is something much more action-oriented, and I think, totally unique. If you try to play the stage battles in Brütal Legend as an RTS game then you will lose. First you will get mad, then you will scream, and then you will lose. But if you are open to a new kind of action experience, you will have a blast.
Read the full letter, also sent to Kotaku, on the jump.
First, a note on the differences: In an RTS game you float high above the action, making one split-second strategic decision after another. You often command individual units to position them based on their heath and context. In Brütal Legend, you make strategic choices once in a while, but then you jump into the battle and slug it out in person. You can fly, but it's mostly for quick scouting and transportation. You will spend a few seconds every once in a while popping into a menu to build troops or pick a guitar solo, but then you should be right back in the action. To play the game most effectively you need to be on the ground with your army most of the time, mixing it up with your axe, and your guitar, but most of all-using your Double Team attacks.
Double Team attacks are critical to your success in Stage Battles. Every friendly unit in your army has a move that they can only perform in conjunction with the player character. These moves are extremely varied, extremely powerful, and extremely fun to perform. Sometimes you might simply gain control that unit's weapon-for instance, when a Razor Girl jumps up on your shoulders-but when you do so you increase it's damage significantly. Other units, like the Bride, seem to be just passive, debuffing units most of the time (the Bride slows down enemy units) but when you Double Team with her she has a devastating lighting attack. More complicated Double Teams include the Frightwig, who Ophelia can pick up and throw onto an enemy unit. The Frightwig then wraps itself around the enemy's head and causes the victim to join Ophelia's side in the battle. (You can even use this to commandeer the enemy's Rock Crusher!) The Organist is another passive unit whose Double Team attack allows you to gain direct player control over an enemy unit, giving you command over whatever attacks they normally have.
There are important strategic choices to make in Stage Battles. Should I spend my fans to upgrade my stage and gain access to more powerful units, or should I spend it now on cheap infantry? Which fan geysers should I fight for and which should I concede? What is the right time to block my enemies troop production with a Rock Block solo? Would anti-infantry units be better against the current enemy army, or should I switch to anti-vehicle? But these strategic decisions only take a second, and then you should get right back in the action. You should never be up in the air or away from the battle for too long.
Some people find it hard to split up the army and give individual orders to individual troops. This is kinda true, mostly because you shouldn't be doing it! That's how you play an RTS game, not how you should play Brütal Legend. True, there are times where you might want to split your army, but it's not common. I play complete Stage Battles most of the time without issuing a single Individual order. Your army is most effective when it's together. The AI automatically groups your warriors into battle formations where the troops support each other. Many of the units buff or heal each other. When they are together they can all be enhanced with a single Battle Cry (or other buffing) solo. And when they are all together and you are in the middle of them, that is when you have the greatest number of options for Double Team attacks.
So to summarize my advice for playing Brütal Legend Stage Battles:
Get in the center of the action!
Use Double Team attacks!
Don't stay in the air too long!
Use Double Team attacks!!
For the most part, keep your army together!
Use Double Team attacks!!!
Don't think of it as an RTS game!
If you have tried the Stage Battles before reading these tips, and felt overwhelmed by the controls, or frustrated with the lack of detailed troop controls, I'm hoping you will be able to take this info and go back into the fray and be much more successful. We know that the Stage Battles are tons of fun for most players-and for people who are open to new kinds of action gameplay experiences, they are in fact the core of what makes Brütal Legend a fun game experience and unlike any other. I'll see you online!
-TimOfLegend (that's my name on both XBL and PSN. Play against me and you'll get an achievement!)
P.S. Here are some more tips from our Lead Designer, Erik Robson:
General Tips
*Early in the game, low-level troops are vulnerable to enemy Avatar harassment; make sure you watch over them and protect them if necessary.
*Don't play timidly. The game is about projecting power and taking control of territory. If you try to play defensively and stay in or near your base, you'll be at a resource disadvantage.
*If you set the beacon on a building, your dudes will attack the building until it's destroyed, ignoring any incoming attacks.
*The right solo played at the right time can be devastating - don't forget you have those tools at your disposal!
Ironheade Tips
*Ironheade is extremely mobile - use this to your advantage.
*Razor Girls' Double Team is great for dealing with early-game Avatar harassment.
*Remember that you can upgrade your level 1 troops once your stage hits level 3. If you've spent the game massing up those small infantry, an upgrade can really pay off.
Drowning Doom Tips
*Gravediggers, while more numerous, have lower health than other basic melee troops. They may need extra support in the early game.
*Use your debuffers (Bride, Organ, and Dirgible). They're powerful, and the Bride and Organ stack their debilitating effects.
*Bride's Double Team is great for dealing with early-game Avatar harassment.
*Remember that you can upgrade your level 1 troops once your stage hits level 3. If you've spent the game massing up those small infantry, an upgrade can really pay off.
Tainted Coil Tips
*Your hierarchy units (Nuns, Warfather, and Overblessers) are extremely vulnerable while alone. They're much safer when they're surrounded by minions, because they get a small stacking healing bonus from each nearby minion.
*Punishing Parties' Double Team is good for dealing with early-game Avatar harassment.
*Remember your Superior and Divine troops - for example, if you build a Warfather, he can then build a Superior Nun, which in turn can produce Superior Soul Kissers and Punishing Parties. Superior and Divine squads are more powerful than the basic troops, but cost the same!


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Western Digital: Merrill Upgrades to Buy, Raises Estimates
Western Digital (WDC) shares are on the rise this morning after Merrill Lynch's Steven Fox raised his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral. He increased his price target on the disk-drive maker to $42 from $39. He also raised his EPS estimate for the June 2009 fiscal year to $4.40 from $4.10. "Wholesale improvement in WDC's internal efforts and a two-year metamorphosis gives us confidence earnings growth can continue in fiscal 2009 despite a potentially more challenging end market environment," he wrote in a research note.
Fox notes that a recent 18 percent price in WDC's share price partly reflects concerns over the risk of weaker PC demand. But he points out that the company has diversified into new areas, including mobile devices and back-up storage.
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Zimbabwe's Justice Minister and Zanu-PF negotiator Patrick Chinamasa is a tall, urbane lawyer with a fantastically messy desk and a self-deprecating cartoon on his wall about greedy lawyers.
As Zimbabwe inches towards a new constitution and a crucial new election designed to end four years of power-sharing between Zanu-PF and the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Mr Chinamasa is at the heart of the negotiations.
When it comes to the tussles over constitutional drafts, stakeholder conferences and the finer points of organising elections, Mr Chinamasa offers an encouraging narrative of progress made, of gentlemanly disagreements overcome or put to one side and of law and decorum observed.
It is an enticing picture of a country that has, undeniably and against steep odds, made impressive progress in some respects over the past four years.
The economy has been saved from collapse, schools are functioning, and - for all their public disagreements and the heavy-handed efforts of the security forces - Zimbabwe's political leaders are still talking.
But the picture is incomplete.
Towards the end of our interview in Mr Chinamasa's office, I raised the seemingly innocuous issue of the theoretical possibility that the MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai, whose party won the 2008 parliamentary election, might win the presidency.
Senior Zimbabwean military officials have publicly stated that they would not accept Mr Tsvangirai - currently prime minister in the power-sharing government - as head of state, and it seemed appropriate to ask Mr Chinamasa whether that was Zanu-PF's official position or whether he would like to state, for the record, that the will of the people would be respected, whatever the outcome.'Asking for trouble'
Mr Chinamasa's answer, which I have transcribed below, is highly revealing.
"He [Tsvangirai] cannot win. He has been campaigning and mobilising against the interests of Zimbabweans on many issues, whether talking about land, seeking to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.
"And this is where the military comes in…. Young people participated in the liberation struggle to gain control over our resources.
"Many friends died and are buried in unmarked graves.
"Now if anyone is going to say: 'When I come into power I'm going to reverse that,' they [the military] have every right to say: 'Please - you are asking for trouble. You will be asking for trouble.'
"He [Tsvangirai] will be asking for trouble to seek to reverse the land reform programme.
"There is no-one who is going to accept any enslavement."
I asked the minister what he meant by "trouble" and if he was suggesting that he would not accept a Tsvangirai presidency under any circumstances.
Initially he said: "You could put any interpretation on it that you want."
But when I asked him for his own interpretation he said: "I know he [Tsvangirai] is the front of (sic) the countries that impose sanctions.
"And if those countries impose for him to win, that result will not be acceptable.
"We will not accept it. We will just not accept it. Isn't that clear?"
So there you have it.
If Mr Tsvangirai wins - and I am not suggesting that is either likely or certain - and if Zanu-PF claims he has done so because of foreign support, then Zanu-PF's justice minister will not accept the result.
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The simplicity of each bottle's shape and form allowed infinite conceptual possibilities: I was able to manipulate and play with its form and tie in all sorts of connotations. Each bottle had its own history, its own date of birth, its own memories and therefore its own character. The expression of light passing through the glass and the shadows that were thus created became a mini-obsession for me. The perception of the main concept is entirely up to the audience – I am happy for them to interpret however they wish.
Respond to the monochromatic quality of Giorgio Morandi's and Lewis Mcleod's work. Why have these artists intentionally used a minimal palette? How does this affect the meaning of the work?
Investigate the role of objects and their arrangement in these works. Comment on their symbolic significance and the relevance of their placement. Why do you think these artists have almost eliminated the foreground and background in these works?
Develop a collection of works inspired by either Morandi's or McLeod's work. Consider how different mediums create different effects. Compare your interpretation with your chosen artist.


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The Memorial Sign Program for Victims of Impaired Driving gives family or friends of victims of drunk or drugged driving the opportunity to purchase a sign to be placed near the site of a crash.
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Please see the program rules for more detailed information on eligibility and other aspects of the program.
A person may apply for a Memorial Sign by completing an application which must contain the following information:
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2007) - In front of a record home crowd of 213, the Bucs defeated former SoCon foe, Western Carolina, 1-0. The Bucs improve to 3-1-2 overall, while the Catamounts fall to 4-3-0. With the victory, the Bucs earned a total of four points to clinch the inaugural ETSU Invitational crown.
In the first period ETSU and Western Carolina traded shots but were unable to convert as they remained in a deadlock going into halftime.
The Bucs continued to battle as they continued to trade shots with the Catamounts, but ETSU took the 1-0 advantage when a Western Carolina foul set up a penalty kick by newcomer Kelly Brinkman (Clearwater, Fla.). It would prove to be the game-winner as both defenses continue to battle it out.
"Western Carolina is a great team, every time we play them it is an absolute battle. Today it was a real defensive battle and our girls kept battling hard. We had two major points that we went over during halftime and in the second half we were able to come out and make the necessary changes," said head coach Heather Henson.
Junior transfer Katie Green (Knoxville, Tenn.) led the way for the Bucs with four shots, while Jordan Monty (Mesquite, Texas) contributed two. Goalkeeper Erin Bilyeu (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) made four saves on the day.
"It was also great to be able to win the first ever ETSU Invitational presented by Citizens Bank. We really appreciate their support in helping us make this tournament a reality. The girls really battled today and were able to get themselves out of the hole we had put ourselves in with the tie in the first game against Tennessee Tech. They knew they had to come out and execute today and it paid off," added Henson.
In tournament play, a win is worth three points, while a tie is worth one point. A loss does not earn any points. The Bucs earned a total of four points after tying Tennessee Tech on Friday and the victory over Western Carolina.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is working out final details of $10 billion in sales of warplanes, transport aircraft and advanced missiles to Israel and two Arab nations amid concerns about the growing threat from Iran and its disputed nuclear weapons program, Pentagon and congressional officials said Friday.
The U.S. has spent the past year negotiating with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the deals, which come ahead of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to the Middle East starting Sunday.
The officials said the United States will sell to Israel an undisclosed number of KC-135 aerial refueling planes and V-22 Osprey aircraft, the tilt-rotor hybrid that can take off and land like a helicopter and then fly like an airplane, as well as precision-guided missiles and advanced radar for Israeli fighter aircraft. It would be the first sale of the V-22 to a foreign nation.
In Israel, officials said the U.S. offer is meant to ensure Israel's military edge in the region, in light of arms sales the U.S. is advancing in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The weaponry is not expected to arrive in Israel for at least two years.
The package for Israel also includes financial aid.
The United Arab Emirates would purchase 26 F-16 warplanes under the deal, as well as advanced air-launched missiles. Three Pentagon officials who briefed reporters on the arrangement Friday said the UAE segment of the deal is valued at $4 billion to $5 billion. They did not specify the value of the sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are expected to buy advanced air-launched missiles.
The Pentagon and congressional officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deals publicly. One official said the deals were briefed to Congress on Thursday by Wendy Sherman, the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, and James Miller, the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy.
The New York Times first reported the impending sales Thursday.
Hagel will visit Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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