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Henry Cavendish
British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist
Henry Cavendish FRS (10 October 1731 – 24 February 1810) was a British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". Cavendish is also known for the Cavendish experiment, his measurement of the Earth's density, and early research into electricity.
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- Young people must break machines to learn how to use them; get another made!
- when he was told that one of his valuable instruments was broken by a young man, as quoted in Biographical Memoir of Henry Cavendish, by Georges Cuvier, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1828), p. 222.
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- He was the wealthiest of all scholars (savants) and probably also the most scholarly of all the wealthy.
- Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne, Jean-Baptiste Biot as quoted by John Maxson Stillman, The Story of Early Chemistry (1924)
- It only remains that I offer very briefly my own estimate of the character of the Philosopher. Morally it was a blank, and can be described only by a series of negations. He did not love; he did not hate; he did not hope; he did not fear; he did not worship as others do. He separated himself from his fellow men, and apparently from God. There was nothing earnest, enthusiastic, heroic, or chivalrous in his nature, and as little was there anything mean, grovelling, or ignoble. He was almost passionless.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 185
- All that needed for its apprehension, more than the pure intellect, or required the exercise of fancy, imagination, affection, or faith, was distasteful to Cavendish. An intellectual head thinking, a pair of wonderfully acute eyes observing, and a pair of very skilful hands experimenting or recording, are all that I realise in reading his memorials. His brain seems to have been but a calculating engine; his eyes inlets of vision, not fountains of tears; his hands instruments of manipulation which never trembled with emotion, or were clasped together in adoration thanksgiving, or despair; his heart only an anatomical organ, necessary for of the circulation of the blood.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 185
- Yet, if such a being, who reversed the maxim nihil humani me alienum puto [nothing human is foreign to me], cannot be loved, as little can he be abhorred or despised. He was, in spite of the atrophy or non development of many of the faculties which are found in those in whom the "elements are kindly mixed," as truly a genius as the mere poets, painters, and musicians, with small intellects and hearts and large imaginations, to whom the world is so willing to bend the knee. He is more to be wondered at than blamed.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 185
- Cavendish did not stand aloof from other men in a proud or supercilious spirit, refusing to count them his fellows. He felt himself separated from them by a great gulf, which neither they nor he could bridge over, and across which it was vain to stretch hands or exchange greetings. A sense of isolation from his brethren, made him shrink from their society and avoid their presence, but he did so as one conscious of an infirmity, not boasting of an excellence.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 185-186
- He was like a deaf mute sitting apart from a circle, whose looks and gestures show that they are uttering and listening to music and eloquence, in producing or welcoming which he can be no sharer. Wisely, therefore, he dwelt apart, and bidding the world farewell, took the self imposed vows of a Scientific Anchorite, and, like the Monks of old, shut himself up within his cell. It was a kingdom sufficient for him, and from its narrow window he saw as much of the Universe as he cared to see. It had a throne also, and from it he dispensed royal gifts to his brethren. He was one of the unthanked benefactors of his race, who was patiently teaching and serving mankind, whilst they were shrinking from his coldness, or mocking his peculiarities.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 186
- He could not sing for them a sweet song, or create a "thing of beauty" which should be "a joy for ever," or touch their hearts, or fire their spirits, or deepen their reverence or their fervour. He was not a Poet, a Priest, or a Prophet, but only a cold, clear, Intelligence, raying down pure white light, which brightened everything on which it fell, but warmed nothing—a Star of at least the second, if not of the first magnitude, in the Intellectual Firmament.
- George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p. 186


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Online Courchevel is a variant of Omaha Hi in which players are dealt five hole cards instead of four before the flop, along with a single shared community card known as the flopet. On the flop, two more community cards are revealed. Courchevel then proceeds similarly to a standard Omaha hand, with players required to use exactly two of their five hole cards and three of the community cards to make the best five-card hand at showdown.
As in most forms of poker, Courchevel uses a standard 52-card deck that is shuffled before every hand.
Below is a comprehensive description of online Courchevel.
Each hand of Courchevel starts with two blinds. Blinds are preliminary bets made by two players before cards are dealt for the purpose of stimulating action. If there was nothing to win, the first player to make a decision would have no reason to make a bet. The deal position is indicated by a disk called the dealer button, or simply, the button. This is the position from which the dealer would distribute cards if the dealer were one of the players. Prior to cards being distributed, the player to the left of the button puts in chips equal to (usually) half the size of the minimum bet for the game (known as the small blind). The player to that player's left puts in chips equal to the minimum bet for the game (known as the big blind).
Sitting Down
When you first sit down at a table, you must wait for the big blind to arrive at your position. This happens naturally, because the button moves one position to the left (clockwise) after each hand. Alternatively, to get dealt in at the start of the next hand that wouldn't put you in the small blind or dealer button position, you can post (put in a blind the same size as the big blind).
Each player must put both a small blind and a big blind into the pot once each per round. If you ever miss the blinds in a round, you must either wait for the big blind to get to you, or post a blind equivalent to the big blind.
First Round
When the blinds are in place, the dealer distributes five cards one at a time face down to each player, starting with the little blind. These five starting cards are called hole cards. Your hole cards appear face up on screen, but don't worry; only you can see your hole cards. Only the backs of every other players hole cards appear on screen. Every other player has a similar view, with only their hole cards visible.
The dealer also reveals a single shared community card, known as the flopet. This is unlike most other Hold'em and Omaha games we offer, where all community cards are dealt on the flop, turn or river, and introduces an extra element to the first round action.
Each player starts with five hole cards. Then the dealer places five cards face-up in the center of the table. These community cards are part of each player's hand, so each player has access to 10 cards. You form the best five-card hand by using exactly two of your five hole cards together with exactly three of the five community cards.
Even if you haven't had experience with other Omaha games, you don't have to worry which are the best cards; the software automatically chooses the best five for you when it comes time to compare hands.
For example, if your hole cards include three aces and there is one ace on the board, you do not have four aces, as you can only use two of the aces in your hole cards and the final ace on the board. If your fourth and fifth cards were a king and a 7 and the board was A Q J 10 9 of three different suits, your best hand would be an ace-high straight, the nuts for this particular flop. You make this hand by using the A K from your hand in combination with the Q J 10 on the board. (You might well split the pot, however. Anyone with K Q, K J, or K 10 among his hole cards would also have an ace-high straight.) You can see more about combinations and what beats what on the Hand Rankings page.
Courchevel, as any form of poker, is about betting. Courchevel has four betting rounds. The sizes of the bets depend on the structure of the game, of which Courchevel has three possibilities:
- Limit game
- Pot-limit game
- No-limit game
The betting on the first round always starts with the player just to the left of the big blind. This position is sometimes called under the gun. In the picture above you are under the gun. As the first player, you have three choices. You can:
- Fold
- Call for the minimum (limp)
- Open for a raise
You choose your action by clicking in a dialog box. If you fold at any point, your cards are removed from play and no longer appear on the screen, you are out until the next hand, and you have no further interest in the pot. If you fold, the next player has the same choices. If everyone folds, including the small blind, the pot goes to the big blind, and the next hand is dealt.
If you or anyone else opens, each succeeding player has three choices:
- Fold
- Call, that is, match the preceding bet
- Raise, that is, increase the preceding bet
Each player in turn has the same three choices. If there has been a raise, each player who chooses to continue must either call the total bet thus far or raise. In any one round of betting, there can be a maximum of one bet plus three raises. When the betting (also called action) gets to the blinds, they have the same choices. However, they already have chips in the pot, and those chips count towards their bet.
If there have been no raises when the bets gets to the big blind, that player has what is called the option. The player can opt to raise, in which case each active player in turn is offered a choice of calling the raise, reraising or folding. The big blind can also choose not to raise, which stops the betting for that round. The big blind in this option situation is known in poker parlance as a live blind.
The Flop
Once the betting for the first round is equalized, that is, once everyone has had an opportunity either to fold or match the total betting, the dealer deals two more community cards face up in the center of the table. These two community cards are called the flop.
There is now a total of three community cards face up in the center of the table, the flopet dealt before the flop and the two cards dealt on the flop.
The second round of betting takes place. In this round, the betting starts with the first active player (one who still has cards) to the left of the button. If the small blind called on the first round, that player would be first to act, even though that player was next-to-last on the first round of betting. Only in the first round (sometimes called the preflop round) does the betting start elsewhere. In all rounds after the first, the first player has two choices:
- Check, that is, make no bet
- Bet, that is, make a bet at the proper limit for that round
If no one bets, each player in turn has the same choices. It is possible in every round except the first for no betting to occur. No betting in a round is called being checked around.
If anyone bets, each succeeding player has three choices:
- Fold
- Call, that is, match the preceding bet
- Raise, that is, increase the preceding bet
Players who check retain their cards. If someone bets, when the action returns, a player who checked has the preceding three choices. To check and then raise when the betting returns is known, reasonably enough, as check-raising. If you check with the intention of raising, you of course risk the possibility that no one will bet.
The Turn
Once the betting for the second round is equalized, that is, once everyone has had an opportunity either to check or match the total betting for the round, the dealer deals one more card face up in the center of the table. This fourth of the community cards is called the turn.
The third round of betting takes place. Again, the betting starts with the first active player to the left of the button. The betting proceeds exactly the same as the second round.
The River
Once the betting for the third round is equalized, the dealer deals a fifth and final card face up in the center of the table. This last community card is called the river.
The fourth and final round of betting takes place. Again, the betting starts with the first active player to the left of the button. The betting proceeds exactly the same as the two previous rounds.
Once the betting for the fourth round is equalized, the betting is over, and there is a showdown. Remaining active players show their cards and the best hand, comprised of the best five cards from among two of each player's five hole cards in combination with three of the community cards, wins. The software determines the winning hand, and awards the pot to the holder of that hand. If there is a tie for the best hand, the pot will be split equally among the tied players. Occasionally the pot cannot be split evenly amongst all players. If there are any remaining chips left in the pot, the 'extra' chips will be awarded one at a time to the remaining players, starting with the player closest to the left of the button.
If the betting is not equalized on the final round, that is, one player bet or raised and no one called, there is no showdown, and the software awards the pot to the player who made that uncalled bet. This is the case on any previous round, as well. If it happens on earlier rounds, no further cards are dealt, because the hand is over.
Sometimes a player runs out of chips before all the betting is over. In such case, one or more side pots are created, and the software awards appropriate main and side pots. When a player is all in, a bet or raise can be made that is not called, but a showdown still takes place.
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The back situation seems to be ameliorating itself, thankfully- and as this post is being written- has transmogrified from a crippling stiffness and intermittent sword blade of pain to a dull and omnipresent ache. Ultimately, this is a good thing, as I have actually managed to sleep without interruption for two days in a row and am able to move about in fine fettle. With luck, I will be able to resume my wanderings in a day or two, but for now- here's another "Then and Now" shot, this time of the Paragon Oil building on Hunters Point Avenue in venerable Long Island City's industrial quarter. It should be mentioned that I am fascinated by this building.
This edifice- known sometimes as "the Subway Building" and others as the "Paragon Oil building"- was, in fact, Queens Borough Hall. Check out the January 2012 posting "high doors" for more on the structure.
– photo by nycma.lunaimaging.com, August 7, 1936
The shot pictured above emanates from the awesome collection of historic photographs made available by the NYC Municipal Archives, and was captured by a now anonymous municipal photographer in August of 1936. The center of Queens during the 1930's, this was Borough Hall. Back then, the power brokers of the borough located themselves nearby the Newtown Creek and perched high above the southern extant of the Sunnyside Yard and alongside the Long Island Railroad tracks. Prior to this, the unofficial Borough Hall of Battleaxe Gleason was located at the Miller hotel (which would become the LIC Crab House) and the official one was on Jackson Avenue nearby modern day Court Square.
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Man, I lu-u-u-v those old cars parked on the right of the BW 1936 photo. When I was a kid growing up in Astoria in the '50's, some drivers still had those old cars on the road. Check out the running boards on them. The newer cars of the '50's (I like Ike) no longer had them, but the old ones still in service did. The running boards were great places to sit and have an ice cream cone or a popsicle in the heat of the summer, after ring-a-levio or stoopball. Instant park bench.
wow, i wait for the q67 in front of this building


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Posted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 03:07
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Upup Precise 54X7 using latest woof at time
Subject description: Somewhat enhanced version of the offcial Precise Puppy
Download link:
Link to the announcement post:
Link to the announcement post of 5.4.X.6:
Upup Precise 5.4.X.5 has been uploaded. I use latest woof available with updates. This version has fixes at the time of 184.108.40.206. service pack. Upup Precise has some enhancements compared to official release. Xchat, Uget coupled with aria2c, Pmusic, laptop tools, acpi stuff, xbindkeys for keybinding.
The kernel is official PAE kernel. Acpi_call and rtl2832u (dvb-usb) driver has been added ( thanks 666philb ).
In this latest release I have swapped Aqualung with tray app enabled version (thanks Billtoo), there is wrapper script so that only one tray app will appear, Pmusic-3.0.6 ( with all dependencies ), ffconvert with latest fix for spaces in names, gtkdialog 0.8.3 revision 493, which will probably be the next stable version.
Pburn, Pschedule updated ( thanks Zigbert ), funny rox-clock ( you can drag it to the Pinboard, thanks Jamesbond).
Fixed version of pdvdrsab ( thanks Thunor and Peebee ).
Last but not the least is the new Frisbee - dhcpcd - sns integrated network manager-connectivity framework, created by rerwin, using Jemimah`s work, existing puppy scripts with modifications. Peebee has been active tester and he has given a lot feedback everywhere where it has been needed. Thanks to both of them.
Thunor has given valuable feedback of the gtkdialog components.
Please give feedback about network connectivity, switching between Frisbee and SNS, stabillity etc...
As Peebee posted previously, there is still probably minor bugs.
Rerwin also patched dhcpcd 5.6.4 ( latest version ) with dropwait patch so that the connection should be better with poor signal.
Have fun !
Download link:
Kernel sources:
Previous announcement:
I changed themes more suitable for me, swapped ayttm with patched xchat ( compiled in Precise Puppy ), added sfs download manager to download Precise Puppy sfs applications from my repo, uploaded several sfs applications into it, added brand new Pmusic 3.0.0 with caps-alsaequal-pequalizer, updated gtkdialog to the latest revision, network_tray updated to 01micko hack, dhcpcd updated, I did add quite a lot rox right clicks based on Don570 work, added my used laptop tools enhancements.
I did swap also glib to akash_rawal patched version. It has several benefits.
PPM database updating is now astonishing fast. Ubuntu databases will be updated in split seconds, Unbelievable. Thanks Barry.
So...I tested woof building, made Precise Puppy more comfortable for me.
If you want to test, feel free, of course bug reports are welcomed, and so on....
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I'm downloading now, looking forward to seeing how this runs
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Some CUPS content has gone missing. The home page at localhost:631 cannot be found. Some subpages like localhost:631/admin are visible, but are scrambled.
[Edit] It's the folder /usr/share/doc/cups.
You might also want to look at the newer cups_shell from
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Thanks. /usr/share/doc/cups was missing. My 3builddistro patch made it to be removed. The patch has now been updated.
And thanks of the link to the replacement "shell"
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Posted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 10:26
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Hello Pemasu
Thanks for this, I have installed it on my Athlon II desktop.
I installed the VLC pet, by clicking on the file, not using the package manager.
A couple of quirks:
It does not install a menu entry or a .desktop file, but does run by clicking on vlc in /usr/bin
It does not include libdvbpsi, so vlc would not play .ts transport stream until I installed that from the Ubuntu repo.
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Posted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 10:34
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LateAdopter wrote:
It does not install a menu entry or a .desktop file, but does run by clicking on vlc in /usr/bin
I'm seeing a similar problem with the Graphic menu. PETS like
this one
that are classified as X-GraphicUtility are no longer added to the menu. But pre-installed apps that use that category are working.
I believe that it is a woof issue because it also showed up in the final version of Precise.
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LateAdopter. I suppose you mean that you got the vlc from this repo:
You were right about those missing things. I must have had mini-stroke. I have missed the /usr/share folder totally. I am amazed it did even work with gui. The vlc pet has been fixed and uploaded. I did add libdvbpsi also. I pondered should I, or just make dependency marking to the pet specs file, but....since I havent activated that repo in PPM, I decided to add that lib to the pet. I havent encountered the need of that lib with other applications. Mplayer, Smplayer and Umplayer stream ok without it. So I suppose mostly vlc needs it and can be in the pet included.
But hey, stream support is there ! and dvb-tuner support...and subtitles support. It was combined effort of Billtoo and me to get vlc compile ok in Precise. Billtoo did the hard work, I just gave comments behind the shoulder.
Thanks of the feedback. Just the kind of feedback so far I really need !!!
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rcrsn51. Your finding might be good to link to the new thread Barry Kauler opened couple of days ago. I could do that. It was about packages categories parsing and filtering and whatever.
EDIT: I posted your finding to that thread.
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Hello Pemasu
Yes that was the .pet that I downloaded.
I have played .ts quite often in Mplayer or SMplayer but the time stamps never seem to decode correctly, so seeking with the slider isn't useable.
With VLC 1.x it was the other way round the seeking with the slider would work but the keyboard commands would not.
VLC 2.x both work, which is why if prefer it.
It's odd because .ts has worked perfectly in Media Player Classic, on Windows, for at least 7 years.
I think libdvbpsi is a separate Videolan project.
Thanks for the updated .pet
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Hi pemasu,
I was going to ask you a question in another thread about transplanting some settings from Precise to Exprimo. And here you come with your own Precise puppy. Feels fast and smooth so far. I'd like to install firefox on this one, have found it in the repository but it is i386 - is there an i686 edition for this puppy? And here's how the desktop looks on my netbook. The background is lightgrey from the original Precise. Actually all my puppies use it. For some reason, they dislike wallpapers and treat bright colors on a desktop with extreme prejudice
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I have reuploaded Upup Precise 54X2 with these initial fixes. I also did update Uget and compiled latest aria2. Uget can use it to download torrent files. You just need to activate aria2 plugin in Uget.
I hacked Lazy Fred Repository Downloader to just download different Precise compatible sources, also my pet_packages-upup repo. I changed the name to the Precise Repository Downloader. Amazing scripts. I hunted about 10 gtk-* icons to get it looking ok in Precise. Thanks RSH.
Cups fixed, cups_shell changed and so on....
Anikin. Firefox-16.0.2 i686 build is now also in the repo. I have to admit I like Firefox more than Seamonkey, so having Firefox in the repo was pleasant addition.
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Quick live pfix=ram test of the first version.........downloading newer version now.
Sound,internet and display all correct on initial boot. No problems yet.
# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Upup Precise, version 5.4.X.2
Chip description:
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev
Driver used by Xorg:
Video mode used by Xorg:
Resolution: Depth 24 Depth: "Display"
...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
Actually using the "nouveau" driver.
# glxgears
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
4414 frames in 5.0 seconds = 882.797 FPS
4883 frames in 5.0 seconds = 976.576 FPS
4769 frames in 5.0 seconds = 953.611 FPS
4907 frames in 5.0 seconds = 981.355 FPS
4882 frames in 5.0 seconds = 976.385 FPS
4839 frames in 5.0 seconds = 967.666 FPS
Processor : 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory : 3888MB (213MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat 17 Nov 2012 04:04:45 PM CST
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 3888484 618208 3270276 0 69448
-/+ buffers: 548760 3339724
Swap: 4300796 0 4300796
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TazOC's latest sys-info[???]-1.4.2 fixes most misreporting of xorg drivers.
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Posted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 20:42
Post subject: Upup Precise 54x2 running well
Hi pemasu:
Thanks for another great Pup. Upup Precise 54x2 is running well on my:
Processor: 4x AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor
Memory: 3375MB
ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics supporting 1600x900 pixels
RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI.
Seems very fast.
Thanks 01micko for the reminder about the sys-info-1.4.2-noarch.pet. Vague memories of recent posts about it, but I seem to have a mind "like a sponge." I've used that phrase to mean what it should. It seems to have crept into the language, meaning just the opposite. Sponges have no nervous system at all:
neither memory nor ability to think. Unless, of course, having a "mind like a sponge," I've mis-recollected that factoid.
The sys-info-1.4.2-noarch.pet. can be downloaded from here:
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Post subject: dbus error in gimp-2.8 &2.8.2-precise sfs (Solved)
Hi pemasu & all;
Exploring precise sfs downloader, I noticed gimp-2.8.2.-precise.sfs and decided to see if it solved the problem I previously posted about 2.8 in the thread of another precise-pup. No go from menu. Browsed into /usr/bin and tried to start it via the terminal.
It reports an error shown in the attached jpg.
As I also previously mentioned gimp-2.7.2.sfs runs on all precise pups.
Solved by pemasu's technical expertise, and my guess-work.
gimp-DBus error
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If you're going bench racing, you may as well go all the way. That's why for this edition we're checking in on super SUVs with more than 500 hp. Price is no option and fuel mileage should range from laughable to sad.
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The 2013 Range Rover Sport Supercharged made the list, with 503 hp and 461 lb-ft of torque from a 5.0-liter supercharged V8. The Range Rover Sport is the least expensive of the crew, with a sticker price of $76,495. It's also the heaviest, weighing in at 5,808 pounds, 200 more than the next SUV.
The 2012 BMW X5M could be the bargain of the group with an MSRP of $88,145. That's not exactly cheap, but it does have the most horsepower in our set with 555 hp. Torque from the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 is rated at 500 lb-ft.
Last is the 2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, also known as the G-wagon. The G-wagon comes in a bit below the new Porsche at $135,205. It uses AMG's 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8, making 544 hp and 560 lb-ft of tree-tugging twist.
So we've dispensed with the basics, now for the calculations.
In the power-to-weight category, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S blows the competition away with only 8.88 pounds for each horse to carry. Its 4,883-pound curb weight sounds more like a sedan than a full-size SUV. It's the only competitor to sink into the 4,000-pound range.
The powerful BMW X5M comes next at 9.67 pounds per horse with a curb weight of 5,368 pounds. It doesn't seem like much but the added pound per pony adds two-tenths of a second to the 0-to-60-mph time, from 4.3 to 4.5 seconds.
The Mercedes G63 comes after the BMW with a ratio of 10.33 pounds per hp from its 5,622-pound weight. It should be well slower than the X5M to 60 mph and it is with a sprint time of 5.3 seconds.
The Range Rover is the rhino of the group, weighing in at a monstrous 5,808 pounds. Even with 544 hp it's still the slowest to 60 mph, with 11.55 pounds for each horsepower.
From a value standpoint, we can see that the Porsche Cayenne costs almost double the Range Rover Sport, and its horses aren't cheap either. Each pony in the Turbo S costs the buyer $267, while the much less expensive Range Rover charges $152. The G63 AMG gets $249 per horse making it the second most expensive and the X5M's ponies cost only $158 per.
All four of these vehicles fall into the I-already-own-a-sportscar category, and all four would make lovely additions next to a hopped-up, rear-wheel-drive coupe in the garage.
We can see that the BMW is the most powerful, and second in the power-to-weight category. Add that to its place as the second-least expensive car on the list and it looks like we have a pretty good deal. You can get more power in the Porsche, and more space in the Range Rover. But the BMW X5M offers a medium amount of cabin space, comparatively cheap speed, and boy does it look better than that weird X6.


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The media thinks Puig is not talking enough. Seriously, who cares? I don't care. I just want him to contribute to the team. And I don't really understand the controversy since I've heard him speak with reporters often. I'm always posting links to his interviews. They want him to talk every single day?
Don Mattingly defended Puig last night. From Ken Gurnick {linked here}
"He's doing the best he can," Mattingly said of Puig, who has refused virtually all interview requests, will not make himself available before games and is available after games only occasionally. "It's been a big adjustment for him. It's a lot for him to handle.
"He wants to make sure his concentration is on baseball, and for us, it's the right thing to keep his priorities in line. In a way, there are certain things that come with it, at least the bare minimum, he'll talk after games."
Mattingly said Puig should be given some slack because he's 22 "with the world on a string."
I have noticed that he does speak to reporters that speak Spanish more often. He did one after Sundays game in San Francico for ESPN Deportes. I don't get what the big fuss is. Understand that he does not speak English and might feel weird to do all these interviews.
Media is not happy with Puig and Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero is also upset with Puig.
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"that's where he's going right now, creating a bad reputation throughout the league."
"Does he have talent? Of course. It'd be really bad if he wasted it doing the stupid things he's doing."
How about if Miguel Montero worries about himself? What a joke.
Please read this post by Chad Moriyama, he covers this Montero/Puig controversy well. {linked here}
Let's move on to Tim Bravo, the man that follow Puig's every step. He's like a life mentor and also translates for Puig.
From Bill Plaschke of the L.A. Times {linked here}
The 51-year-old schoolteacher watches the 22-year-old phenom from his morning steak-and-eggs breakfast to his midnight walks with his two English bulldogs.
Bravo lives with Puig, drives with him, hangs out with him in the clubhouse before games, then watches him play from darkened tunnels next to the dugout.
Bravo is there to make sure Puig doesn't drive too fast, or party too hard, or forget how to use his ATM card to withdraw some of his new major league millions. He is there to protect Puig from nutty autograph seekers, aggressive groupies and anyone else wanting to take advantage of an unsettled Cuban refugee who lives as hard as he swings.
Bravo originally signed up to be his English tutor, but he has become his life tutor, this compact man with a shiny bald head and dark goatee becoming so vital to Puig's comfort and safety that the outfielder refers to him not by his name, but his job.
"Teacher!" he shouts to Bravo in English when he needs him. "Teacher!"
That's nice. I'm glad Puig has someone with him to teach him how life works here. But this is the part I don't understand.
By taking on Puig's life, Bravo has given up much of his own. He is a special education teacher at Las Cruces (N.M.) High. He has six children and six grandchildren. His 7-year-old son, Zechariah, is recovering from a rare form of cancer that was discovered under an eyelid.
Bravo will leave the Dodgers for a week after the All-Star break to accompany Zechariah on a Make-a-Wish trip to Disney World. It will be his longest absence from the team since he joined Puig at double-A Chattanooga this season.
And I was also wondering what happened to Eddie Oropesa? The former pitcher (who happens to be Cuban too) was the one that was suppose to help Puig.
From Plaschke -
How important is Bravo's success as a father figure so far? When he is gone next week, the Dodgers will replace him with the first guy who tried to do the job. The interim caretaker will be Eddie Oropesa, a former big league pitcher who was chronicled in this column during spring training. Oropesa, however, barely lasted a month with Puig, as he became frustrated with the stubborn and hard-living kid before taking a break to tend to personal business.
Wait, two Cubans didn't get along with each other? I'M SHOCKED!
Hold on, a story has been posted. Puig has talked with another reporter. You see, he does speak with the media.
From Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com {linked here}
"In Cuba, there wasn't much press. Here, I have a lot of press on me, and it's not something I really like. Maybe they don't understand the situation I'm in," Puig said. "I'm not bad, I just don't like the press and I don't like the fame. I'm having fun and I want my team to get the attention. There are a lot of guys in the bullpen or in the dugout waiting for their turn to talk. It's not that I don't want to give an interview, I just don't want all the press all over me."
So the media needs to relax. No big deal.
Jay-Z does like Puig though.
From Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports {linked here}
Burgeoning agent Jay-Z is wooing Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig, hoping to add the 22-year-old to the growing stable of athletes he represents, two sources told Yahoo! Sports.
During a mid-June trip to New York, Puig was invited to a party at a club Jay-Z owns after a Dodgers teammate passed along the rapper's contact information, one source said. Between the lifestyle and marketing plan offered by Roc Nation Sports, Puig left the meeting intrigued.
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Ticket issued in Washington for speeding violation
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Attorney General Doug Gansler paid the ticket Tuesday afternoon -- 16 months after it was issued -- after the I-Team found it and started asking questions. The ticket is part of Gansler's feud with state troopers, who have complained he makes them drive like cowboys.
The ticket in question was issued last summer by a speed camera in Washington, D.C. A record of it on the District's website shows the ticket was issued June 11, 2012, to a vehicle with a Maryland temporary tag registered to the state. The violation was for going 21 to 25 mph over the speed limit.
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With the fine still unpaid in August, a trooper made clear in another email that Gansler was the one driving the vehicle when the ticket was issued, not any of the troopers, and he repeated the trooper's claim that Gansler was refusing to pay. The trooper wrote, "The AG was notified, I told him about the ticket, and he said he wasn't going to pay it. He said he thought since it was on the temporary registration that it would be OK."
In a television interview last week, when Gansler referred to the troopers as "henchmen," he denied any record of a ticket.
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Gansler has since paid the ticket, saying in a statement late Tuesday afternoon, "I have never received a speeding ticket in my state vehicle from a police officer in Maryland. Apparently, my office did receive a photo-camera ticket for my state vehicle from the District of Columbia. While determining who was driving the vehicle at that time, me or a trooper, the ticket was inadvertently not paid. Without me determining who was driving, I have paid the ticket."
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The Yucatán Peninsula can be unpleasantly muggy in the summer. At the same time, the low-lying region's unique geography holds the perfect antidote to hot afternoons: the limestone shelf that forms the peninsula is riddled with underground rivers, accessible at sinkholes called cenotes – a geological phenomenon found only here.
Nature's perfect swimming spots, cenotes are filled with cool fresh water year-round, and they're so plentiful that you're bound to find one nearby when you need a refreshing dip. Some are unremarkable holes in the middle of a farmer's field, while others, like Cenote Azul near Laguna Bacalar, are enormous, deep wells complete with diving platforms and on-site restaurants.
The most visited and photographed cenotes are set in dramatic caverns in and around the old colonial city of Valladolid. Cenote Zací, in the centre of town, occupies a full city block. Half-covered by a shell of rock, the pool exudes a chill that becomes downright cold as you descend the access stairs. Just outside town, Dzitnup and neighbouring Samula are almost completely underground. Shinny down some rickety stairs, and you'll find yourself in cathedral-like spaces, where sound and light bounce off the walls. Both cenotes are beautifully illuminated by the sun, which shines through a hole in the ceiling, forming a glowing spotlight on the turquoise water.
Even more remarkable, however, is that these caverns extend under water. Strap on a snorkel or scuba gear, and drop below the surface to spy a still world of delicate stalagmites. Exploring these ghostly spaces, it's easy to see why the Maya considered cenotes gateways to the underworld. The liminal sensation is heightened by the clarity of the water, which makes you feel as if you're suspended in air.
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Sports Illustrated Vault: Amazing Pics Unite Social Media With History
With a slick weekly iPad edition and robust cross-channel packages including its meg-hit annual swimsuit issue, Sports Illustrated has adapted to the digital age better than many legacy print publications. But social media also plays a key role in kindling nostalgia and engaging younger readers, through the Sports Illustrated vault of photos dating back to the magazine's inception in the 1950s.
The @si_vault Twitter account has become a modest sensation among the sports media Twitterati for its multiple daily posts of timely and off the wall images celebrating athletic icons, historic moments and items of sporting whimsy. Since launching last autumn, its counterpart on Tumblr has amassed more than 30,000 followers.
Andy Gray, who manages the vault of photos, says the Twitter and Tumblr presence have helped Sports Illustrated compete with more web-oriented publications in the crowded world of sports journalism.
"For sports fans who want to go to ESPN, Yahoo or other sites, this is one thing those sites can't and don't offer — huge collections of photos that have appeared in our magazine over several decades, as well as ones that never made it to print," he told Mashable. "The first day I looked through our photo database, I was blown away and just thought it could be something."
Gray joined Sports Illustrated in 2005 and launched @si_vault in 2009 to share old magazine article as well as photos. He soon shifted to just photos after noticing that those were what resonated with social media users, then started the SI Photo Blog Tumblr more recently to help get social sports fans to share the images more.
Gray's photo posts — culled from the magazine's massive digital image repository — range from old World Wrestling Federation action shots, to poignant moments between longtime rivals, to curious images of athletes off the field or court. He says they've become equally popular with longtime Sports Illustrated subscribers as well as readers who may have never picked up a print issue.
"I might post a photo of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris smoking cigarettes in the Yankees locker room or Joe Namath wearing a fur coat, and all these college kids will be like, 'Oh, that's swagtastic,' or something where I don't even really know what they mean," he says.
That's an encouraging sign for a legendary sports magazine seeking to stay influential as media continues its migration away from print.
"People want to say this generation isn't interested in history but I haven't found that," Gray says.
Is the Sports Illustrated photo vault something you would check out — or have you already? What do you think? Let us know in the comments.


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Federal legislation to assist victims of trafficking passes the senate again
Five Republicans Oppose Bipartisan Measure To Combat Human Trafficking
By Josh Israel on Feb 12, 2013 at 2:22 pm
As the Senate moves to a final vote on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), today 93 Senators endorsed an amendment to combat human trafficking. While opposing human trafficking is a fairly non-controversial subject, five far-right Republicans broke with the majority of their own caucus and opposed the bipartisan amendment.
The amendment, authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT), strengthens VAWA by reauthorizing the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The measure helps law enforcement investigative human trafficking and supports international efforts to stop the practice. Leahy noted that on the anniversary of President Lincoln's birth, "we continue to fight human trafficking, which can amount to modern day slavery," making the amendment a fitting tribute. "The United States remains a beacon of hope for so many who face human rights abuses. We know that young women and girls – often just 11, 12, or 13 years old – are being bought and sold. We know that workers are being held and forced into labor against their will. People in this country and millions around the world are counting on us."
The amendment was opposed by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK), James Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
Lee also voted against even allowing the Senate to consider the Violence Against Women Act, based on his bizarre belief that the entire bill is unconstitutional.
Prior to his time in the Senate, Johnson famously opposed the bipartisan Wisconsin Child Victims Act, a bill to extend the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse crimes. His objection was that it would be bad for business if employers who help cover up the crime could be "severely damaged, possibly destroyed, in a legitimate desire for justice."
Leahy said of the the Trafficking Victims Protection Act:
This measure strengthens criminal anti-trafficking statutes to ensure that law enforcement agencies have the tools they need to effectively combat all forms of trafficking. It ensures better coordination among federal agencies, between law enforcement and victim service providers, and with foreign countries to work on every facet of this complicated problem. It includes measures to encourage victims to come forward and report this terrible crime, which leads to more prosecutions and help for more victims. We have included accountability measures to ensure that Federal funds are used for their intended purposes, and we have streamlined programs to focus scarce resources on the approaches that have been the most successful. A Senator asserted yesterday that trafficking programs have been wasteful and duplicative. In fact, the programs supported by this amendment have been carefully tracked and shown to be effective. Nonetheless, the amendment reduces authorization levels by almost a third from the levels in the last reauthorization because we are determined to ensure efficiency and respond to concerns. We have made similar efforts to streamline VAWA.
The offices of the five Senators were not immediately available to respond to questions about their rationales for opposing the amendment.
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I'm crying, but I've been weepy all morning imagining a world without Roger Ebert and also because I accidentally bought rice milk ice cream bon bons instead of almond milk ice cream bon bons.
Pilots N Paws is an organization that transports shelter dogs to their new homes. Kinda like storks, but less magical. Or maybe equally magical.
This is especially necessary for high kill shelters where super adoptable animals are put down every day because there just aren't enough homes. This time, the Pilots N Paws superheroes are transporting adorable puppies from New England Lab Rescue to the loving arms of their new forever families. Sniff.
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You know that something good is about to head your way when Nikon, one of the leading manufacturers of DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras, throws a teaser ad of massive intent that aims to generate hype, speculations and build anticipation for an imaging device that's going to represent the company in moving forward. Such advertising efforts are by no means a novelty, but Nikon differs in its approach by channeling its resources and advertising directive not on its most technological advanced camera but rather on its mainstream model instead. The DSLR in question is none other than the hotly speculated D80, which in a move against conventions of hollering modest increase in pixel count and functionality, better trimmings, ergonomic improvements and better value for money is what Nikon brands as "The Next Nikon", among many others.
It's not difficult to appreciate Nikon's bold move of staking so heavily in a brand new mainstream model. The keyword here is volume and any good product or sales manager will tell you without hesitation that while high-end products make for excellent technological showcase, they don't generate nearly as much revenue as mainstream products nor do they attract as many buyers to quickly expand user base for the same period of time.
True enough, a methodical look over the past 12 months will have painted a clear picture revealing an industry wide focus on affordable DSLR cameras. Earlier models not withstanding, Nikon had already rolled out the D70s and the D50 for which the latter was and still is the company's most affordable DSLR to date. Then there are other models like the Canon 350D, Panasonic L1, Pentax K100D and the recently launched Sony Alpha A100 that are all competing for the more or less the same mass consumer dollars. What sets Nikon apart from her competitors is that they are currently the only DSLR manufacturer offering more than one budget DSLR model, with the addition of the new D80 taking that tally up to four.
Sporting a new and improved 10.2-megapixel image sensor, the Nikon D80 immediately poses a concern and a challenge for Sony's infant A100 DSLR. The competition from Nikon's latest DSLR is all the more urgent considering some of its specifications such as the image processing engine, AF system, ISO sensitivity, noise reduction levels, metering system, viewfinder, and LCD monitor are all plucked from the company's higher-tiered professional models. However, with barely a year gone since the D50 and D70s were unveiled, the arrival of the D80 seems to have come a little earlier than expected. Nevertheless, new is always a good thing, especially for budding photographers contemplating in taking their passion to a more serious level. On paper, the D80 is quite frankly as good as it gets for a mainstream DSLR, but will it be the ultimate camera for beginners and amateurs? Read on as we find out the camera's capabilities and tackle this interesting question.
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- Nikon D80 Camera Body
- Quick Battery Charger, MH-18a
- One rechargeable Li-ion Battery, EN-EL3e
- Power Cord (for charger)
- Audio-Video cable, EG-D2
- USB cable, UC-E4
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- Eyepiece Cap, DK-5
- Rubber Eyecup, DK-21
- LCD monitor cover, BM-7
- Accessory shoe cover
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- Remote Cord, MC-DC1
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Original post made by Susie, Crescent Park, on Jun 26, 2007
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a resident of Midtown
on Jun 26, 2007 at 6:37 pm
why, are you an Apple employee?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 27, 2007 at 4:59 am
Some folk still haven't recovered from the Wii wait.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jun 27, 2007 at 9:12 am
no, I am not an apple employee...just a curious resident.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 27, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Are there WIIs around, my kids tell me that we are the last to get them and I have been trying?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 27, 2007 at 9:58 pm
The iPhone is probably going to be a cool product for those that can afford it. That said, why bother? $500-$600 for a mobile phone with a teeny-tiny screen? Why?
And that's where the charges begin. Add on service charges, including (compared to the rest of the world) rip-off connection fees, abominable media transfer fees, etc. etc.
When will Americans realize that every single American cell phone service is ripping us off, and demand better, cheaper service that's comparable with what the rest of the world gets.
How about the FCC opening up our telecom systems to foreign competition? THAT would be cooler than the iPhone.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 27, 2007 at 10:04 pm
We have just changed from Virgin to Metro for one of our kids. Now we are getting free minutes from Virgin as an enticement to use it again.
We must let these companies see that what we want is cheaper service, not more bells and whistles.
Trying to buy a new phone at present and they all have junk we do not want. Is it unreasonable to expect a phone with just the essentials at a good price? I don't want a camera, or web browsing, or downloadable whatevers, I just want a phone that meets my needs with texting. I would also like one feature my old phone had that new ones don't have which is a joint vibrate/ring feature. Most of them seem to have just one or the other but not both at the same time.
a resident of Ventura
on Jun 28, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Well, it's good to read/see that some of us are not enamored and rushing to
purchase the latest gadget that's supposed to be so neat and handy to own.
Take a break. It's summer. Go for a walk in the hills. Wait a few years for the
prices to fall and let Mr. Jobs sweat it out, if that's possible.
a resident of Mountain View
on Jun 28, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I'll wait til version 3
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 28, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Gadget fatigue is beginning to take hold - i.e. who cares any more?
Also, we should be taking SERIOUS measures to make sure that young kids do not have unlimited access to MP3 players, or phones that play Mp3's. We are putting our kids at risk of serious long-term, irreversible hearing damage...
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Also, I cringe when watching people doing strenuous exercise with headphones or earbuds attached. In a demanding exercise state, the fine muscle attenuators that normally protect the ears from loud noise are compromised because heavier demands for oxygen are made by the body's larger muscles, leaving the eardrum attenuators relatively ineffective.
If you're running, or "walking the dish", or lifting weights, etc. - or your kids are engaged in demanding physical activity - be very careful about exposing your ears to prolonged high velocity sound levels.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jun 29, 2007 at 7:40 am
I don't understand this camping out to buy these new gadgets. Do these I-phone campers presume that these things won't be sold next Monday? In the TV news last night, the
purchasers all seem to be young, mobbing around the Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto.
Would somebody please explain this to me? Then there will be the new Harry Potter book hysteria.
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I am looking to switch to a wave kite with lighter bar pressure.
Right now I am still on an Eclipse Kima, which has been incredible in regard to drift, grunt, depower, and turning speed.
I love the kite in every way except the mediocre upwindability (which I can live with), and the bar pressure.
Can anybody suggest a kite that behaves similarly to the Kima with less bar pressure? This way I won't have to make adjustments to my riding style.
Can anybody suggest a kite that might be worth adjusting for mostly onshore-ish, shoulder high conditions?
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WASHINGTON — The nation's banks continued their slow return to health in the third quarter, according to reports filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
With loan losses continuing to moderate, the 7,760 banks posted a quarterly profit of $14.5 billion, but it would have been much higher if Bank of America hadn't booked a $10.1 billion loss as part of a writedown of the value of its credit card business.
For the second quarter in a row, troubled assets fell as calculated by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. At the end of September they stood at $345.3 billion. Troubled assets peaked in the first quarter of this year, when they hit $382.1 billion.
The only category of troubled assets still growing is "other real estate owned," which is primarily property the banks acquired through foreclosure. As of the end of September, banks had $46.9 billion worth of other real estate owned, a 21 percent increase since the first of the year.
A total of 397 banks had troubled assets greater than their capital and loan loss reserves at the end of the third quarter, the same number as June 30. That figure also peaked in the first quarter of this year, when it hit 411.
However, the FDIC said the number of banks on its troubled list, which is does not disclose to the public, rose again to 860, the most since 1993.
Lending was essentially flat in the third quarter, with total loans outstanding of $7.16 trillion.
Related: Look up any bank's record in the BankTracker
About the troubled asset ratio
The new analysis relies on information reported by banks to the FDIC as of Sept. 30. Journalists at American University calculated each bank's troubled asset ratio, which compares troubled loans against the bank's capital and loan loss reserves.
Troubled assets include loans that are 90 days or more past due, loans on which the bank is no longer collecting interest and real estate the bank already owns, usually through foreclosure. A similar measure, known as a Texas Ratio, is commonly used by bank analysts as an indicator of stress on a bank, though such ratios can't capture all the nuances of a bank's condition.
While the troubled asset ratio is not a predictor of bank failure, most of the banks that have failed do have high ratios. Still, banks with high ratios can recover, as borrowers resume making scheduled payments or the bank is able to raise more capital.
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Even when a bank does fail, no depositor has lost a dime in insured deposits since the FDIC was created in 1934. That protection has its limits. The basic limit had been $100,000 per depositor per bank but has been increased to $250,000 through Dec. 31, 2013. The FDIC has more detailed information and a calculator to help you determine your level of protection.
In short, the FDIC's advice boils down to this: If your deposits are under the FDIC limits, you're protected even if your bank should fail. If your deposits exceed those limits, the best protection is to move deposits into smaller accounts at more than one FDIC-insured bank.
Limitations of the ratio
I developed the troubled asset ratio in the early 1980s. Others do similar calculations.
The reports in most cases do not include the billions in federal money injected onto the balance sheets of bank holding companies in the form of so-called TARP funds.
The ratio does not include the value of non-loan assets that have caused so much trouble, particularly for some larger banks that moved away from traditional commercial banking. Nor does it reflect mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, etc. In this way, the ratio may underestimate the real depth of problems.
And no ratio can get at all the detailed information — such as the individual loan files, quality of management, potential for raising other capital — that a regulator would use to evaluate a bank's safety and soundness.
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Wendell Cochran is senior editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.