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Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik cannot hide his interest in joining AC Milan. Hamsik has been strongly paired with a move to Milan ahead of 2011-12 and the player has not exactly ruled out such a possibility.
"It's difficult to predict when is the right time to leave," he told newspaper Pravda. "I have grown a lot with Napoli in these past few years.
"I'm young, but I still haven't won anything. Not a League championship, not a cup competition. I would say that it's time to win something now.
"It's true that President Aurelio De Laurentiis doesn't want to sell me, but nothing is for certain. I speak to him regularly - he's fun and generous. I can talk to him about anything.
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Court ruling puts brakes on sales of Microsoft Word
It's certain that current users of Word will be unaffected. The injunction, which will bar Microsoft from selling Word 2003, Word 2007 and future versions of the program, takes effect in mid-October, though a pending appeal by Microsoft will probably push that out by a year or more.
A federal judge in the U.S. District of East Texas ruled Aug. 11 in favor of a Canadian firm, i4i Ltd., which alleged that Microsoft had infringed its patent concerning custom XML.
The court ruling also ordered Microsoft to pay about $290 million in damages to i4i.
"It's not our intention for this to have a retroactive implementation," said Louden Owen, i4i chairman. "Current users can continue with the program, and we will be compensated for any damages that have occurred to date from the court award."
The time set by the judge for Word sales to stop should give users a substantial period to find an alternative supplier of the technology "which, hopefully, will be us," Owen said.
Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz assured federal customers that they can continue to purchase the products through the end of the fiscal year, fulfilling any end-of-year buying strategies they had. However, he didn't speculate about what might happen after that.
"The suit is not about file formats, and the verdict has no implications for Open XML," Kutz added. "It is about the way Microsoft Word handles certain kinds of code. In addition, the particular Custom XML functionality at issue is not used by most customers."
The suit charged that Microsoft violated the Canadian company's patent for technology used to read .XML and .DOCM files containing custom XML, which is a way for organizations to design their own XML templates and forms. Specifically, the judgment orders Microsoft to stop selling Word products "that have the capability of opening a .XML, .DOCX, or .DOCM file ('an XML file') containing custom XML."
That feature was first included in Word 2003 and has been standard in all versions since.
Agency procurement practices mean the injunction is unlikely to affect agencies for some time, even if Microsoft loses its appeal, said Ray Bjorklund, senior vice president and chief knowledge officer at FedSources.
"Agencies might wait two or three years to refresh technologies, and those that need current versions of Word and Microsoft Office probably already have them," he said. "So I don't think there'll be a lot of ripple effect at the agency level."
Also, said Jeremy Grant, vice president and chief development officer at Acquisition Solutions Inc., most federal agencies don't do the kind of spot deals that could be affected by the court case.
"Most have multiyear enterprise license deals for products like this," he said.
The patent battle could have implications further down the road, however, as agencies consider what their future purchases should be. As Bjorklund said, some agencies still use Word rival WordPerfect, which is as yet unaffected by i4i's patent claims. And others such as the Defense Department have been looking at open-source challengers to Microsoft, such as Sun's OpenOffice suite, available for free.
i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn't infringe on its patents.
"The federal government is by no means a complete Microsoft house and, in some instances, I can see agencies looking at the court case and seeing it as the straw that breaks the camel's back," Bjorklund said. "They'll either delay purchase of Word, or just decide to go to something else."
However, that could also depend on how Microsoft handles the technical makeup of Word. The company declined to comment, but there's been plenty of comment on the Web and elsewhere about potential workarounds, including suggestions that Microsoft simply strip the custom XML feature from future versions of Word and Microsoft Office.
If that happens, i4i said it will be ready.
"We have explained [to federal agencies] ways of moving from Microsoft Word to an i4i implementation of custom XML," said Michael Vuple, i4i's founder. "If agencies want custom XML, we are prepared, and we are working on a way for them to use our technology."
The company hasn't been actively marketing that approach to government so far because it didn't want to take advantage of the current "unfortunate situation," he said. But with agencies likely to be asking the question, he said i4i will probably have to take a more proactive stance in the future.
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Open source software functions on the principle that safety exists when all or many eyes are on the code. This is not unlike regular oversight by regulating bodies over various government functions with the exception that the oversight never ends because the oversight is not dependent upon limited funding.
This process appears counter-intuitive until one thinks it through. This doesn't mean that a project like Openoffice.org or Abiword is free of problems, it does mean however that a SysAdmin or group of Federal or other government official SysAdmins can apply such projects to their own uses theoretically with better assurance of what that code is actually doing - this cannot be said of any proprietary code from Microsoft or anyone else. Also because a project like Abiword and others are open source, an agency can choose a variety of open source licenses to build upon the open source application of their choice or create a variant for their own unique use within their organization within a context of a variety of various licenses useful to that government agency. Please review those options here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
In addition, applications or subutilities built within an open source application can be a very smart way to control cost and liberate that agency from slow updates. An interesting observation exists that many open source projects have a higher update and self-correction process than commercial applications. Whether this will hold true within a government agency implementing an open source product depends upon how well that agency utilizes it's resources.
It is a mistake to be biased for or against open source or commercial applications on principle. An insightful policy utilizing and improving what is available is the best option.
Yes more proof of the stupidity of the US patent system. How any company can be awarded a patent that allows for embedding of custom XML in an XML file is absurd. Why have an open standard if proprietary patents can be applied to selective parts of it. The best thing that can come out of this is a complete abandonment of the software patent system - which is unnecessary anyway as copyright laws provide the requisite protection. At some point IBM may decide to call in one of their patents that allow operating system interrupts to occur or data to be stored on a hard disk and then where will we be. Let some European common sense apply
The words "custom XML" do not equate to patent infringement. There are thousands of implementations of custom XML out there. The first key is whether or not Microsoft actually infringed on a patent. That is not always an easy thing to determine, particularly by a judge who has studied law and not software development. Assuming a consortium of software developers can agree that the handling of custom XML indeed infringes on a patent, you have to prove Microsoft deliberately and willfully used it. This judge has already decided those two things happened, but they are extremely difficult to prove. Hundreds of cases have been overturned in higher courts. Most of these opinions come from one man's judgment about Microsoft and are overturned after a more objective and unemotional view of the facts. My opinion is the ruling will be overturned by a higher court based on an objective view of the evidence.However, if the ruling stands, one, two or all three of the following will happen. First, Microsoft will negotiate with i4i and will come to a licensing agreement and users won't be affected. Keep in mind this little Canadian company had no marketing venue to even approach the scope this affords. This settlement will be like 20 years profits delivered overnight by selling to Tom, Dick and Harry. By getting into a Microsoft product, they will become famous, have delivered millions of copies, etc. They will not want to lose their "fame" by botching a settlement. Remember similar things happened to ZIP and GIF formats. If the company makes a money grab now, everyone will dump their format and the company won't be able to find customers. No one will deal with them. They need a good negotiator and they can parlay this into fame and wealth. Second, Microsoft will redesign how XML is handled in their product and issue a "patch" for both versions of Office. Users will have to upgrade their copies, but there will be no impact on users or their products - the most notable side effect would be file sizes would get a little larger or smaller due to the change in format. Worst case scenario, some customers might have their particular application or document become less readable and they will have to reformat to get the new "patch" to work properly. Remember, this doesn't change what XML is, just how it's handled. No customer would lose their XML, it simply wouldn't be formatted the same in the document. It would be a relatively simple fix. Third, Microsoft will develop an "add-on" that will be just for i4i products. They will turn off XML in Word, but if you need the functionality, you get the i4i add-on and it will handle your documents like before. The add-on will either be licensed through i4i and Microsoft will pay royalties, or they will reinvenmt the i4i process so that it doesn't infringe on the patent but gives the same results. There is no such thing as "one way" to do something with software. There are always multiple ways to achieve a result.
Once again here we can see a comment from someone who does not understand computer security at all. Opening the source to the public is a way to _increase_ data security.
Why is this? Simply because the opposite strategy commonly called "security by obscurity" does not work. Quite the opposite: the holes in the system remain unknown to the sysadmins themselves and exploitation and stealing data can go on for ages.
Open Source Code is a bad idea for the government due to security reasons. Cybersecurity is a top issue I cannot see why we would open up a code to all the hackers that already infiltrate the system.
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My nephew Benny just turned eight a few weeks ago. I finally made it down to Hurricane to see him and his family, so logically we had to squeeze in some time to go fishing. Luke, Benny, Matt, his son Curtis and I all went down to the local pond (Razor Ridge I believe is the name). Curtis caught his first couple of fish ever and Benny landed a nice rainbow. They out fished us adults, and all in all the boys had a great time!
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Dr Michael Roe of Seattle Pacific University and who is a research fellow at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland has put out a call for participation in a project that will study Scots-Irish oral history and self-perception. The new study will 'listen' to personal and family stories. He is looking for men and women 18 years old and older who are 1) of Scotch-Irish ancestry, 2) consider themselves to be Scotch-Irish, 3) are interested in their Scotch-Irish history and family stories, and 4) are willing to describe their experiences and be storytellers in the traditional Scotch-Irish tradition.People in Ireland and in the Diaspora are encouraged to help with this research.
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On a day when the weather was again a factor, the Corning Race Team made the trek to the Constellation Brands Bristol Mountain Road Race. Held on a 17-mile loop course with two brutal climbs, this early season race is often a test of strength and early season fitness. Add in wind with gusts up to 60 miles per hour and chilly temperatures, and you have a very tough race! All-in-all, 9 riders made the race and came out with 4 top-ten finishes. The best of the day was Bruce Rohdenburg, who put together a solid 3rd place finish in a bunch sprint in the Masters 45+ field. One rider had soloed to the victory, just seconds before the group. Bruce did a lot of work out front during the race in addition to his fine sprint. In the Women's Cat 4 race, Jill Wood was in great position heading into the final lap, but suffered a dropped chain heading into the last big climb. She was strong enough to battle back for a 4th place finish even with the adversity she experienced. Ruth Sherman was in a very difficult Womens Pro/1/2/3 race that ended with a small group, where she was also fourth.
Across the other races, Dan Hertzler came up with a 9th place finish and Matt Tammaro was 14th in the Cat 3 race of 51 miles. Early in the race, Dan was putting in a lot of work on a breakaway attempt, and came in among a fragmented finish. New racer Dane Jack, put in a fine 11th place performance in the Cat 5 race. Steve Burdette (29th), Brian Jones (31st), and Bobby Nunnink (32nd) all battled hard in the largest field of the day, the Cat 4 Men's race. Brian Klotz came up with the sole team DNF in the Men's Pro/1/2 race after a flat tire on the 3rd of 4 laps.
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Our teaching and learning conferences have gone from strengths to strength with more teachers attending and a wider range of schools represented. The range of seminars have included The Mental Health Friendly classroom, Mindfulness in the Curriculum and Engaging Learners in the Climate of Challenge.
Students have also continued to play a key role, with Exeter University students talking about their challenges when starting their courses and students from SWAT schools reporting on their activities including e-safety and Creating a Student Magazine.
Subject meetings are also proving to be very popular. These include all of the subject meetings but also pastoral, assessment groups, teaching and learning, careers and sixth form meetings. We encourage departments to be creative such as inviting guest speakers or exam boards to the meetings. Other groups organise competitions.
We have recently appointed a new Gifted and Talented coordinator who will oversee a whole range of different activities. Each school is selecting a group of SWAT ambassadors from years 10 and 11 to lead the work within each school. They will promote competitions, mentor younger students in public speaking and accompany students to different events.
Throughout the year, there are numerous ad hoc discussion points where SWAT schools share areas of expertise. These include approaches to CPD, appraisal, lesson observations, official returns to central government and pastoral issues.
The Teaching and Learning conference in 2015 was a huge success, with over 150 delegates from a range of schools, including SWAT and partner schools.
Exeter University hosted the event which provided the perfect facility to an event that is becoming increasingly recognised for quality and delivering a day specifically run by teachers for teachers. One of the highlights was a talk by two Exeter University students describing their experiences from school to further education and the key challenges that they faced. This gave everyone a real insight into how we can better support our students in this difficult transition.
SWAT schools will continue to work together on a range of events this year including subject meetings for a wide range of subjects, the first conference devoted to PSHE and Wellbeing as well as the usual events for our G&T students.
There will also be a special event hosted at Poole Grammar School, bringing together Art, Poetry and History. This will be for students in years 10-13, with the aim of cross phase discussions in a unique event.
Our main teaching and learning conference this year will be bigger and better than ever with increased capacity due to Exeter University offering to host the event that will take place in June. Each SWAT school has been asked to arrange for one of their teachers to present and one from a local school to encourage collaboration. Dan Bishop will be presenting along with Juliette Baldwin from Avon Valley School.
Subject development meetings will continue to take place throughout the year where one member of staff from each department in each school meets with their counterparts in the other SWAT schools. The organisation of this rotates around the different schools each year.
The gifted and talented group has been re-branded as the challenge group and this year Amy McGuinness will be coordinating the events at SWGS. There will be debating competitions, public speaking and a group of students will also be presenting at the teaching and learning conference on a topic of their choice.
A new assessment without levels working group has been established to consider the implications of the new national curriculum no longer using levels to track progress. The first meeting was held on Monday 9 February at Colyton Grammar School.
We are also using the network of schools to share ideas regarding pastoral structures, uses of pupil premium funding and the use of different software packages.
Collaboration between the schools in the South West Academic Trust focusses on four main areas:
Each school has a SWAT coordinator whose role is to ensure that the collaboration is promoted and ensures the best for all schools. Communication within this group is open and regular and can often broaden out to other topics that are of particular importance. Face to face meetings happen three times a year.
Subject development days are led by established heads of department from each school. They have a budget to organise a day where all the heads of department from a particular subject meet and discuss the pertinent topics. Some arrange for guest speakers to talk, others have input from exam boards.
The gifted and talented work at SWGS is coordinated by Annie Burt. Year 9 Challenge days involve students working in mixed school groups to present an answer to a question - e.g. if you are not in California does it still exist? or Can you imagine a world without laws? Debate/Public speaking involves students from year 10 in debate and year 8 in public speaking. New this year is a Year 10 university experience day aimed at students from a non-university background. This year we taking a group of students from St Edmunds school in Salisbury. Student Voice involves year 10 and 12 students who research a subject and its application to SWGS. This year, students in year 10 are asking why we set homework while the year 12 students are considering the impact homework has on students achievement.
The summer conference this year was hosted at Poole Grammar School on St George's day leading to this collection of masterclasses being entitled Mastering the Dragon. The BBC six o'clock news presenter George Alagiah was the guest speaker who explored the topics relating to his own career growing up in Africa and then thrown into the boarding school environment in Britain at an early age. The conference attracted teachers from a wide range of schools who could select from a menu of over 20 different seminars to attend. Waitrose recognised the value on this event by providing the lunch.
The group of schools has recently expanded to include four new schools in the trust, widening the field of experience.
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The grammar schools within the Trust had a very busy year developing innovative opportunities for students and staff.
The Gifted &Talented group ran two successful 'Challenge Days' for Year 9 students at Exeter University in the summer term in which students worked in cross school groups to create a presentation in response to Oxbridge interview questions. The first day for autumn 2011 has already taken place in October. SWAT also ran a Student Voice Conference at Exeter University in July in which Year 10 and 12 students presented on pastoral care in the SWAT schools.
For the first time SWAT ran a training day for Year 12 to run a debating competition in school for Year 10 students and for Year 10 to run a Year 8 public speaking competition. The final was held between the schools at Colyton Grammar in March and SWGS was placed in the public speaking and won the individual prize in the public speaking. We are expanding these opportunities for public speaking in school. We hosted the Cambridge University debate training workshop in
September attended by six other schools and have entered students for the Oxford and Cambridge debating competitions this year with the help of Mr Endersby from BWS.
During 2010-11 Head of Department meetings took place between Art, Business, Drama, DT, English, Gifted and Talented, Geography, History, ICT, Maths, Languages, Music, Pastoral Heads, PE, Psychology, Religious Studies and Science. South Wilts hosted the Design Technology, Art and Psychology meetings. The focus for 2011-12 is subject learning conferences providing CPD for relevant members of departments. Each school is contributing a small amount to facilitate visiting speakers/experts.
SWAT ran a 'Midsummer Motivator' conference in June attended by three SWGS teachers. They attended workshops run by SWAT teachers. Our teachers fed back to the staff on the October training day including: making and using films for learning, creative thinking and alternatives to notes. The 2012 conference will be focused on sixth form development and will be run by Torquay Girls School.
The Summer term was very busy for the Trust schools and this is a good opportunity to reflect on recent events. The Trust now has eight member schools as well as the University of Exeter who work together to provide challenging learning opportunities for the students in these high achieving grammar schools:
During 2009-10 Head of Department meetings took place between: Art, Business, Drama, DTY, English, Gifted and Talented, Geography, History, ICT, Maths, Languages, Music, Pastoral heads, PE,
Psychology, Religious Studies and Science. South Wilts hosted the Design Technology, Music and Psychology meetings. Colleagues shared specifications, resources, teaching ideas and made plans for student events. A website has been created by Churston Ferrers to record all events and minutes which is currently under trial.
The gifted and talented group ran a successful 'Challenge Day' for year 9 students at Exeter University in the summer term in which students worked in cross school groups to create a presentation in response to Oxbridge interview question – a detailed account can be read below.
The SWAT also ran a Student Voice Conference at Exeter University in July in which year 10 and 12 students presented on students voice and enrichment in school and took part in workshops focusing on challenge and stretching the most able. Again a more detailed account can be seen below.
On 5th October we also ran a training day for year 12 students to run a debating competition in school for year 10 students and for year 10 to run a year 8 public speaking competition. The final will be held between the schools at Exeter in March 2011.
On 14th July eight year 9 students travelled to Exeter to take part in the final of their two Challenge Days. Students worked in mixed teams with students from all the 8 grammar schools to tackle a philosophical Oxbridge style interview question such as: 'Can you imagine a world free from law?' or 'is nature natural?' to the unusual 'do slugs think?' Students worked at a distance after the first day to play creative and thought provoking presentations. Ideas ranged from the Question Time format, to a court case, original song writing and BBC's The Apprentice.
Prizes were awarded for originality of thought, creativity and entertainment and the panel of judges had very difficult decision to make as the quality of work was extremely high. (Mrs Harris)
On Thursday 1st July we went to Exeter University to take part in the South West Academic Trust's first ever Student Voice Conference. The morning consisted of all participating schools making a 10 minute presentation on 'Enrichment opportunities outside the classroom' and 'Student Voice'.
All schools were very honest and put forward problems they had encountered in their research and suggested potentially very effective ways to solve these issues. After a delicious lunch the representatives from each school were divided into pairs, one Year 12 and one Year 10 and then formed discussion groups lasting half an hour on three topics: 'How are we challenged?', 'Is it cool to be clever?', and The role of competition in our selective schools.
The teachers circulated and listened in as some of us got into heated debates and others discussed mutual problems and issues we come across such as pressures and frustrations that stem from competition and the need to reward students who show outstanding commitment as well as outstanding achievement.
It was an extremely enlightening day where we discovered methods other schools use that we hope once we feed back to SWGS will help to improve our student voice and increase the opportunities offered to further our learning. (Anna Goodman, Laura Mason Year 12; Shiffa Shahid, Sabrina Maurice-Broom Year 10)
We have been part of the Trust for a year now and close links have been made between these selective schools in the South West. On Wednesday 28th April students from the 8 schools had the opportunity to meet and take part in the Trust's first 'Challenge Day.' Eight year 9 students from each school met at Exeter University. Students were welcomed to this special day by Mr Paul Evans, Head Teacher from Colyton Grammar School. The day began with a thought provoking key note speech from Mr Jack Baylis, former History lecturer, on the ethics of punishment. Students were then divided into cross school teams where year 12 students from each school helped the students to get to know each other by running some fun 'ice breaking' activities. At this point the hard work really began! In their cross school groups students were given an Oxbridge interview question and were given the task of devising a presentation to show the complexities of the issue and to reach a judgement. Students are going to keep in touch via email to create their presentations and return to Exeter in July to make them. Students also had the opportunity to tour the campus with University student ambassadors. The students found the day challenging yet enjoyable and are looking forward to meeting again at Exeter in July.
With the start of a new school year links between the Trust schools continue to develop. We are delighted that Bournemouth School for Girls and Torquay Girls Grammar School have now joined the South West Academic Trust. Churston Ferrers Grammar School has also recently started the consultation process to become a member of the Trust. The Trust is now a group of seven Grammar schools in South West working in partnership to lead innovation within these high achieving schools.
Students from across the Trust were able to meet together in Bournemouth during the Summer Term. Senior prefects from across the Trust joined out Head girls and Deputy Head girls for a leadership training seminar. Students had the opportunity to develop skills of negotiation, delegation and motivation through practical and fun activities, including defusing a suitcase `bomb`! Students enjoyed meeting their counterparts and comparing schools, as well as developing some of the more challenging skills required in leading the senior prefect team!
Plans are in place for a major Student Voice Conference to take place at Exeter University in July. Students will work in close collaboration to analyse the work of the Trust schools and develop innovative plans for the future. We also look forward to a return `Learning Walk` from Colyton Grammar School having enjoyed a very pleasant visit to Colyton in March. The students returned with lots of good ideas that they presented to staff at a staff meeting, and which were presented to parents at our recent Speech Day in September.
On 15 December 2008 the Governing Body took the formal decision for South Wilts to join the South West Academic Trust. Other members of the Trust are Colyton Grammar School; Torquay Boys' Grammar School; Bournemouth School and Poole Grammar. This decision was reached following two periods of formal consultation when significant support was received from individuals including Mr Robert Key (MP), Head of Wiltshire Children's Services, other Wiltshire heads and the Chief Executive of Salisbury District Council. We are currently in the final legal stages of becoming a Trust school.
Joining the Trust will provide exciting new opportunities for pupils and staff. Year 10 students have already had the opportunity to visit Exeter University and take part in a challenging Maths workshop. In addition, the Grammar School Heads of Maths, English, Music and Religious Studies have met to develop innovative approaches to learning for our more able students.
In addition on 20th March 2009 10 students and 3 members of staff visited Colyton Grammar school for a 'Learning Walk'. This involved staff and students visiting lessons and becoming immersed in the life of the school for a day to bring new ideas about teaching and learning that we can implement at South Wilts. The girls and staff, from History, Psychology and Maths came back filled with ideas that they will be presenting to all staff at the next staff meeting.
Planned future events include the meeting of Science heads of department; prefect/head girl team leadership training with other students from Trust schools; a 'Challenge Day' for students to work in cross-school teams in the summer term. In addition a return visit from Colyton Grammar school and a visit to Bournemouth School for Girls in May.
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Nvidia's strong competitive position in the artificial intelligence market is unmatched, according to a top Wall Street firm.
Goldman Sachs reiterated its buy rating on the chipmaker's shares and raised its price target to the second highest of the 33 analysts who cover the stock, saying Nvidia's products will continue to dominate the machine-learning markets.
"We remain very bullish on Nvidia," analyst Toshiya Hari wrote in a note to clients Tuesday. "Equipped with Volta (new GPU architecture) and TensorRT (high performance deep learning inference optimizer), we believe Nvidia is better-positioned to address the Inferencing [machine learning AI] opportunity, a market historically dominated by CPUs (i.e., Intel)."
Hari raised his price target for Nvidia shares to $217 from $193. The new target is 15 percent higher than Tuesday's closing price and the second highest among analysts, according to FactSet. Evercore ISI has the most bullish target, at $250.
Nvidia spends nearly $2.5 billion a year to invest in its technology platform, Hari wrote. "Management believes (and we agree) that Nvidia has a sustainable competitive moat in the Datacenter — specifically, its scale," he wrote.
Nvidia shares hit an all-time high Tuesday after it announced its Pegasus artificial intelligence computer system, which will enable fully autonomous robotaxis.
The company said more than 25 firms were already developing robotaxi offerings using Nvidia technology, according to the analyst.
Nvidia shares have rallied nearly 190 percent during the previous 12 months through midday Wednesday, compared with the market's 19 percent gain. That performance ranks first in the entire S&P 500, according to FactSet.
Its shares are up 0.8 percent midday Wednesday after the report.
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Sekou Smith, in his Hang Time blog, is predicting that Bosh is going to surpass VC as the man with the bullseye on his back whenever he returns to the ACC.
Now im an avid raptors fan, and i know how the crowd at the acc show their feelings. But seriously?
I feel that Bosh gave (pretty much) all he could to the organisation and they simply couldnt return the favour. We all knew he was going and, although it hurts to admit, noone can blame him.
VC on the other hand is, and always will be a completely different story. I can never forgive a player that gave the figurative middle-finger to his home fans.
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contrast to many of its European neighbours, the notion that governments should
have an industrial policy acquired a very poor name in the UK during the 1970s.
Government subsidies to 'prop-up' allegedly failing industries were seen as
anti-competitive and a waste of public money. Instead of government 'picking
winners', 'losers' were supposedly picking government.
In the aftermath of
the financial crisis, however, thinking in the UK – even on the political right
– has begun to shift somewhat and attention has focused on what Britain can
learn from Germany, northern Europe and, indeed, the United States. This
week we run a series of pieces that take stock of this debate ahead of the
British general election.
First, as Alan Hughes explains, the
technological and globally competitive context in which modern industrial
policy is implemented is very different from the 1970s. Multinational companies
and information communication technology combine to allow for production stages
to be "diced and sliced across different national boundaries". "Identifying
sectors for industrial policy support is now less important than focusing on
the different stages in the overall production process in which an economy …
can have or develop a competitive advantage," Hughes writes.
The task is an urgent
one, argues Eoin O'Sullivan, because there is a
"shrinking window of opportunity" for western economies as emerging economies
developing the ability to compete on advanced manufacturing systems. So, while
the quality of a country's R&D technology base will count, above all, it is
the speed with which new ideas and technology can be translated into
manufacturing and utilised in many different ways that will matter most. For
government, winning the 'race to the top' means an emphasis on ensuring new
skills, infrastructure and R&D priorities. Some countries, notes
O'Sullivan, are ahead of the game, as Germany's Industry 4.0 strategy shows.
Where does this leave
the UK? The UK may have begun to shake-off its aversion to industrial
policy, but its approach remains flawed. As David Connell suggests, innovation
policy in the UK is driven by two government departments, BIS and the Treasury.
The former treats innovation policy as an extension of science policy, while
the latter remains hobbled by its belief that government should avoid stepping
in unless the market has failed. This leads to perverse outcomes: the costly
R&D tax credits which were supposed to encourage business to spend more on
R&D appear to have had the opposite effect. Part of the solution is to utilise
the public sector's purchasing power to provide customer innovation contracts.
Germany's network of heavily subsidised Fraunhofer Institutes and the US's use
of public sector procurement offer lessons for the UK.
Britain is also far
from emulating the 'social partnership' approach which sees employers,
government and trade unions working together to develop strategies for skills
and training. As the UK Commission for Employment and Skills noted in recent
report: "compared to countries with strong vocational systems such as Denmark,
Germany and the Netherlands, industry leadership and partnership working in the
UK is underdeveloped." In particular, argues Iain Murray, "the concept of
'employee voice' is weak". If it wins May's general election, Labour is
pledging reforms that would strengthen the role of "employee representatives".
The election may
provide an opportunity for new thinking on industrial policy in Britain. As
publications such as Chuka Umunna's Owning the Future, which Policy
Network published last August, demonstrate, the opposition has devoted much
time to reimaging industrial policy, considering how business and government
can work together to generate more balanced and sustainable growth.
on industrial policy for the global age
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In the technological and
globally competitive context it must now operate in, it is a
mistake to view selective industrial policy as 'picking winners'
strategy and the 'fourth industrial revolution'
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The old 20th century
model whereby technological innovation is driven by a small number
of countries is rapidly disappearing. In this context the UK needs
a 'national advanced manufacturing strategy'
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West Asset Management keeps calling client. They are also known as Omega Services. They say they are calling regarding the AT&T bill. They were listed in the bankruptcy matrix Their number is 201-210-6114.From the Web
Well, after reading through the responses, I suppose that legal action needs to take place. I have contacted my attorney for which he will proceed accordingly. I have been receivings calls on my business cell for about a month stating that money is owed to them? When questioned, to whom the money is owed to, I get met with individuals who are rude and disrespectful. I do not provide them w/ my name or any of my personal info. I figured, if they are calling me then they know who they are trying to reach. I have filed a complaint and asked my attorney to file papers with charges of harrassment as well as to collect from them for burning up my cell phone minutes. Hmmmm, perhaps I'll even add fees for how much time I have had to spend dealing w/ this, which according to my professional rate of 135.00 per hour, I say they are in for a rude awakening.:)From the Web
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I've received 3 calls on my cell from 443-550-7974 which up until today I have not answered. The call I answered today was a "robot" voice requesting to speak with "Julie Jumbo". If I wasn't "Julie Jumbo" I was to press #3. I'm not "Julie Jumbo" and hung up. A few minutes later I dialed the number displayed on my cell phone and a person named Michael answered. I requested the company name and he told me West Asset Management which I have since learned is a collection agency. I assured him I wasn't "Julie Jumbo" and he asked if I knew her. I don't. He told me he would delete my phone number from the list. I hope this is the case. The only debt I carry is my home loan which is paid ahead by six months. I thought initially it was a prank call and hope it's that innocent.From the Web
If you owe any back phone bills, AT&T uses Western Asset mgmt to collect debts. it doesn't have to be an old debt either. it can be as recent as 3-4 months old.From the Web
they called looking for my mother on my phone my mother died 3 weeks agoand has neve been in debt they were rude and mean they had not call againsomething should be doneFrom the Web
i would suggest calling back and getting to the bottom of it. they called me about an account that was past due. it was not an account i set up or even knew about - was set up fraudulently(telephone service in another state). i didn't receive a letter via US mail because the address used to set it up was fraudulent. rep was courteous and sent out the necessary documents (theft affidavit, etc) to correct the problem. after a week or so i received a letter from at&t stating after their investigation i was no longer responsible for those chargesFrom the Web
They have called me several times looking for a friend of mine. I don't know what they want and they will not tell me unless I tell them where my friend is. I have asked them to take my number off of their calling list, but they will not. They are extremely rude.From the Web
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getting several calls everyday on my business cell phone. I owe no bills have A++ credit rating. there is no reason I should be getting any calls from a collection agency.Why don't they just send a notice by US posal service if this is legit !!From the Web
getting several calls everyday on my business cell phone. I owe no bills have A++ credit rating. there is no reason I should be getting any calls from a collection agency.Why don't they just send a notice by US posal service if this is legit !!From the Web
this place calles at least 3 times a day and they leave a recorded message i have no clue what they want and dont know how to block them from calling, anyone know? i have no debt like the rest of you but my ex does maybe its his i heard this is a scam also. BecarefulFrom the Web
They call every day and I don't answer. If they continue I will call the States Attorney. I have been all over thier web site and if was a reputible company they would have officers names, numbers to call and all the other things a REAL company has to make these calls stop. I believe they will eventually give up. My credit is so good that when we applied for a loan the mortgage company said they have never seen a credit score as high as ours. I have had the same cedit card for 20 years and never have paid any interest. I have no debt so I am sure that this is a scam. Do not call, it only keeps them going.From the Web
Calling my cell phone asking for a person who has not had that phone number for at least 5 years!From the Web
I get 4 or 5 calls from this number 201-210-6114 on my cell phone. I have no debt for a debt collector to be calling me. I've only answered the phone one time since they have been calling and they wanted to know my info. I didn't give them any. They still keep calling.From the Web
I RECEIVE AT 2 CALLS EACH DAY FROMWEST ASSET MANAGEMENT THEY ARE HARASSING ME ABOUT A DEBT THAT I OWE DOES ANYONE KNOW THERE CORPORATE ADDRESS TOPUT AN END TO THESE CALLS THANKSFrom the Web
Just called them back because they were calling my cell phone about an account with MY NEIGHBOR'S NAME!!! Supposedly handling it. We shall see.From the Web
The phones rings twice and hangs up. When I call back inquiring about the company, who the call is for, etcetera, a woman repeatedly hangs up on me. She answers West Asset Management but she says it so fast, you can hardly understand what she is saying. If this is a reputable business, they should question their methods. I don't why they would be calling me, especially on my mobile phone, because I don't have any delinquent accounts.From the Web
The caller refused to provide the address for the company.He insisted that I first "confirm that he was speakingto the correct individual", despite the fact that it washim who had called my number in the first place. I askedhim repeatedly for the company address so that I could writeand confirm details of the issue, but he refused.From the Web
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They used to call from this number: 732-982-3945. Several times a day. To my MOBILE phone. Now they're calling from 201-210-6114, repeatedly, on my mobile phone. This time, it's a recording asking for a specific person, but I'm NOT that person. From everything I've read, this is a HUGE scam. Don't return their call, it just adds you to their system. Eventually, they'll give up.From the Web
"West Asset Management", which is supposedly a "debt collection agency" however I'm not in any debt.http://www.westassetmanagement.com/From the Web


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Groupon's long term viability is dependant on being able to reduce marketing expense while keeping on selling to the acquired subscriber base.
So the big question is: Will the subscriber base keep on purchasing?
In Q3 the number of groupons purchased was almost the same as in the previous quarter (a mere 1.5% growth). The number of cumulative customers increased by 28%. And interestingly enough repeat purchase has grown by 33%.
What does this indicate?
- Lost customers: Since there are many new customers even though the number of groupons has not grown much, this indicates that there is a section of previous customers who did not purchase in Q3. This might be because of deal fatigue or the novelty wearing off. Or it might be that the deal mix did not suit them.
- New Repeat Buyers: There is a smaller section of customers who have become repeat buyers in Q3. They bought once (either in Q3 or previously) and came back for more. This is precisely the sort of customer base that will help Groupon attain profitability in the longer term without requiring marketing.
- Continuous repeat buyers: There is no data on the number of customers who were repeat customers in previous quarters and continued to buy. This again is a crucial segment to drive future profitability. If this number is large enough it makes a huge difference to Groupon's economics.
- New Customers: There is a section of Q3 customers who had previously not purchased anything. Now these customers could come from older subscribers who never purchased anything previously, or from the latest subscribers acquired in Q3. If the deal mix did not change a whole lot in Q3, it is reasonable to guess that a lot of new customers might have come from the latest Q3 subscribers, because if the older subscribers were not interested in previous quarters' deals, why would they suddenly get interested now? The good thing is that a healthy number of new subscribers are converting to customers. But the question is whether these customers will continue to purchase in the longer term without being marketed to – this is what will contribute to Groupon's profitability.
The same trends are visible in Groupon's older markets of Chicago and Boston. The number of groupons sold has actually decreased in those markets, At the same time there is a segment of new customers. This indicates that a segment of older customers has stopped purchasing. This is of concern because for the Groupon model to be viable in the future, Groupon will have to cut marketing expense which drives new customer acquisition. At that stage profitability would be dependant on continuous purchase by older subscribers and customers.
Takeaway: There is growth in repeat purchases in Q3, but there is also a loss in the customer base. The signals are therefore mixed and the S-1 doe not provide enough data with which to determine whether revenue from repeat purchasers can overcome customer attrition.


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Analogue Oscilloscope
- each different type of oscilloscope has its own advantages and disadvantages. To choose a scope for a given application it is necessary to know what is available.
Oscilloscope Tutorial Includes
- Oscilloscope / scope tutorial
- Oscilloscope types
- Analogue oscilloscope
- Digital oscilloscope
- Digital phosphor oscilloscope, DPO
- Digital sampling oscilloscope
- Mixed signal oscilloscope, MSO
- USB oscilloscope
- Oscilloscope specifications
- Using an oscilloscope
- Oscilloscope trigger / triggering
- Oscilloscope probes
- Scope probe specifications
Although analogue oscilloscopes are now deemed to be old technology, they are still used in a number of areas.
Older analog scopes may be all that is available, especially as a result of cost restrictions, or for other reasons.
However, these older analogue instruments are still able to provide a good account of themselves and they should not be ignored. Often they may be put to one side in a stock of laboratory equipment. However they can still be used to good effect in many situations, some people preferring to sue them against more advanced digital scopes.
Analogue scope basics
The key to the operation of an analog scope is its display. It uses the cathode ray tube or CRT. This form of display was for many years the only viable form of display that could be used to display images. Accordingly it was used in television sets for many years, although other forms of display including LCDs, LEDs and many other format are now used, but these all require digital signal inputs to the display.
Note on Cathode Ray Tube:
A cathode ray tube consists of a number of elements. There is an electron gun that generates an electron beam that is fired along the length of the tube. This beam passes by deflection plates that are used to deflect the beam, as a result of electrostatic attraction and repulsion, and finally the beam hits a phosphor coating on the "screen" creating a small dot of light.
The analogue scope uses the cathode ray tube to display signals in both X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) axes. Typically the Y axis is the instantaneous value of the incoming voltage and the X axis is ramp waveform.
As the ramp waveform increases in voltage so the trace moves across the screen in a horizontal direction. When it reaches the end of the screen, the waveform returns to zero and the trace moves back to the beginning.
Basic analogue oscilloscope block diagram
Using this approach it can be seen that as the X axis corresponds to time, and the Y axis to amplitude. In this way the familiar plots of waveforms can be displayed on the cathode ray tube.
The cathode ray tubes use electrostatic deflection to cause the electron beam position and hence the trace position to change. This method rather than the electromagnetic deflection system used in many CRT based television sets is used to ensure that a sufficiently high speed of operation is attained. The magnetic deflection used in televisions does not enable the very high speeds needed for oscilloscopes to be achieved.
Trigger capability
In order to ensure that a steady waveform is displayed on the display, it is necessary to set the ramp waveform to start at the same point on each cycle of the incoming signal to be monitored. In this way the same point on the waveform will be displayed at the same position on the display.
To achieve this the trigger circuit is used to start the ramp. The trigger picks off the signal from the incoming signal and when a particular voltage level is reached, it starts the ramp. This trigger point is adjustable on most oscilloscopes.
Major blocks of analogue oscilloscope diagram
Blanking amplifier
A form of blanking is required to ensure that when the ramp or time-base circuit flies back to restart the trace again, it does not cause any illumination on the screen. In order to prevent this happening, a blanking amplifier is used to blank the screen during this fly-back phase. It simply takes the reset element of the ramp to generate a pulse that is applied to the grid of the cathode ray tube. This inhibits the electron flow and effectively blanks the screen for this period.
Analogue scope controls
To assist in making the trace as clear as possible, intensity and focus controls are included. The focus ensures that the dot that scans the screen remains as sharp as possible and in this way it can deliver a clear trace. The intensity control is required because the intensity of the dot or trace varies according to the speed at which the scan is made. Controlling the intensity enables a clear trace to be obtained.
When the scan is very slow the dot is seen to traverse the screen and it is difficult to visualize the waveform. As the speed increases, it ceases to be seen as a dot, but instead it traces out a line and the signal waveform, which when triggered correctly remains static on the screen. The trace may be scanned across the screen many times a second. In many instances it my traverse the screen 100 000, 500 000 or more times a second.
However as the writing speed increases, the trace becomes steadily more dim, and ultimately becomes difficult to see despite the intensity control. For higher frequency signals faster writing speeds are required, and as a result analogue oscilloscopes have a limited frequency range. Typically the maximum frequency that can be seen by an analogue oscilloscope is around 1 GHz. Above this other types of oscilloscope are required.
Advantages and disadvantages
Despite the fact that technology has moved on and digital scopes are tending to dominate the market, there are still many areas where the analogue oscilloscope can provide very valuable service.
- Cost: Analog scopes are generally much less expensive than their digital counterparts. The technology is well established and is therefore less expensive than leading edge technologies where large levels of development costs have to be recovered in addition to the component and production costs being higher
- Performance: Analog oscilloscopes are able to provide a good level of performance that is more than adequate for many laboratory and service situations.
- In company availability: It is often found that analog oscilloscopes may be available in an equipment store when all the other digital scopes are in use. Provided that their performance is satisfactory, the analogue option may provide an ideal way forwards.
- High end performance: In view of the way in which they operate using analogue technology, these oscilloscopes are not able to provide all the capabilities of many of the high end digital oscilloscopes.
- Ranges available: In view of the bias towards digital oscilloscopes, oscilloscope manufacturers and suppliers have focussed on the newer digital scopes. Accordingly the ranges of analogue scopes available are much less than they were some years ago. Nevertheless some are still available new, and others from used test equipment suppliers. Often it is possible to pick up some very good deals from used test equipment suppliers, provided that approved or trustworthy suppliers are used and the proper safeguards are in place.
Analogue storage scope
It is sometimes necessary to be able to display a signal for a period of time. One situation where this may be required is for signals that have a very long period and the normal persistence of a display would mean that the trace would decay before the whole waveform was complete. A storage facility could also be required for single shot applications where the single trace would need to be displayed over a period of time to examine the trace.
For these and many other situations, it is necessary to have a storage facility on the scope where it can display the trace for longer than would normally be possible.
Analogue storage scopes use a special cathode ray tube with a long persistence facility. A special tube with an arrangement to store charge in the area of the display where the electron beam had struck, thereby enabling the fluorescence to remain for much longer than attainable on normal displays.
These cathode ray tubes had the facility to vary the persistence, although if very bright traces were held over long periods of time, they would have the possibility of permanently burning the trace onto the screen. Accordingly these storage displays needed to be used with care.
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Critically evaluate Social Identity Theory.
Who are you? Who am I? These are questions that we all ponder at some point or another in our lives. As human beings we are seemingly inundated with the desire to classify and categorise. We are constantly defining and analysing the differences that we observe in the world, it seems only natural that we would apply this method of classification to our position within our society. More specifically, we want to understand our social identities and this can be achieved by acknowledging which groups we identify most with.
Tajfel and Turner (1986) define this phenomenon of classification within a social context as the Social Identity Theory and it is comprised of three main parts.
Zerubevel (as cited in Jenkins, 2004) states that one of the first things we do when we meet someone for the first time is try to categorise them as belonging to a certain group and to find a place for them in our "mindscapes". We do this by assessing the information they present to us in terms of the type of clothes they wear or the type of language they use. We try to asses a person based on many variables that we observe during our interactions with them. We are essentially evaluating everybody that we come into contact with either consciously placing them at a certain location within our mindscape or picking up on subjective eccentricities that we notice in our day to day interactions.
It is in this regard that we are all trying to project an image of ourselves so that others may identify us as belonging to a certain group. Of course, one can be mistaken in their assessment of our character; human beings are not infallible after all. But we are able to make it easier for others to identify which social group we belong to by projecting certain aspects of ourselves in a clear and easily definable way. For example, one who identifies with the Muslim religion may wear a burkha or speak of the teachings of the Qur'an. One reason this is done, among many other reasons, is to show others that they belong to the group which ascribes to the Muslim religion.
One thing to note is that social identity is different from personal identity in that our social identity relates to the groups we belong to within our society, our personal identity, on the other hand, is more specific to our own personal experiences that have shaped how we see ourselves to be as individuals in relation to the world of others. It is in this regard that we see our personal identity as something entirely unique to us, yet our social identity is a way of locating ourselves in the world of others by associating ourselves with other like minded people and disassociating ourselves from dissimilar people.
At this primary stage we are identifying the differences and similarities within our culture and arranging them into categories accordingly. At this stage we tend to exaggerate the similarities and differences between each of the groups we identify so that it may be easier to assign individuals to certain categories or groups that we have recognized.
At the second stage in our journey to uncover our social identity we asses ourselves in terms of which of these categories we identify with the most. At this point, we separate ourselves from others and develop a sense of 'belonging' to a certain group. Not only does this help us to understand ourselves in more depth by acknowledging what our ideals are and what groups we wish to be associated with, it also helps us to understand what we are not. We do this by separating the different categories into two general groups. These are known as "in-groups" and "out-groups" (Tajfel & Turner, 1986).
Once we have established which groups we wished to be affiliated with we can then move onto the third stage of our social identification. This consists of comparing our in-groups to the groups of...
References: Jenkins, R., (2006). Social Identity. New York: Routledge
Sherif, M., White, B. J., & Harvey, O.J. (1955). Status in experimentally produced groups. American Journal of Sociology. 60, S. 370 – 379.
Tajfel, H. (1970). Experiments in intergroup discrimination. Scientific American, 223, 96-102.
Turner, J. C. and Tajfel, H., (1986). The social identity theory of inter-group behavior. In S. Worchel and L. W. Austin (eds.), Psychology of Intergroup Relations. Chigago: Nelson-Hall.
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March 02, 2012 13:22 ET
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Mar 2, 2012) - GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: GRHU), a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions and sustainable infrastructure products (the "Company"), today announced that stockholders of the Company voted overwhelmingly at the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders held on February 29, 2012 to approve the merger of the Company with and into a newly formed subsidiary of Premier Alliance Group, Inc. ("Premier") and become a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier.
Approximately 95% of the shares voting at the special meeting of stockholders voted in favor of the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, which represented approximately 65% of the Company's total outstanding shares of common stock as of January 30, 2012, the record date for the special meeting.
"We are extremely pleased in our shareholders' decisive approval of the merger with Premier Alliance Group," stated John W. Galt, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. "Management believes that the merger presents a strong growth opportunity for the Company and provides an excellent platform for increased earnings. Our strong governmental relationships coupled with Premier's industry expertise will allow us to leverage new contract awards and expand our market presence. We expect to complete the integration of both companies immediately, and look forward to commercializing projects from our pipeline shortly. Going forward, we anticipate a smooth transition and expect to increase revenue, expand margins and improve overall shareholder value."
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GreenHouse Holdings is a leading provider of energy efficiency and sustainable facilities solutions. The company designs, engineers and installs disparate products and technologies that enable its clients to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint. Its target markets for energy efficiency solutions include government and military, as well as commercial, residential and industrial markets. In addition, the company develops, designs and constructs rapidly deployable, sustainable facilities primarily for use in disaster relief and security in austere regions. For more information, please visit: www.greenhouseintl.com or the GreenHouse YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/greenhouseintl or follow GreenHouse on Twitter @greenhouseintl.
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Russia's ruling United Russia party has cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed.
It's an immense gain for the party that already held a majority in the previous parliament — soaring by more than 100 seats. The party now has enough to amend the constitution on its own.
Sunday's ballot for the 450-seat State Duma was smooth sailing for authorities desperate to avoid a repeat of mass protests last time round and eager to increase their dominance as Russia faces the longest economic crisis of Putin's rule. Anger over widespread fraud in the 2011 election sparked large protests that unsettled authorities by their size and persistence.
But a low turnout suggested that many Russians may have been turned off by a system in which the Kremlin wields near-total power, which could raise questions over legitimacy. Turnout was distinctly lower than in the last Duma election in 2011 — less than 48 percent nationwide compared with 60 percent. Moscow and St. Petersburg were among the Russian regions with the lowest turnout, which amounted to almost 20 percent in the Russian capital and 16.12 percent in St. Petersburg.
Sunday's voter turnout is "not the highest" in comparison to that of previous elections, but it is still "high", Vladimir Putin said, commenting at the end of the voting.
"We can announce already with certainty that the party secured a good result, that it won," Putin said after polls closed.
"The situation is tough and difficult but the people still voted for United Russia," he said on state television.
With 90 percent of the votes counted, the United Russia party had 54.3 percent of votes, securing it at least 338 seats in the 450-member parliament, up from 238 previously, according to results announced early on Monday.
It was followed by the Communists and the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party, on 13.5 percent and 13.3 percent respectively, and A Just Russia, which received 6.2 percent, results published by the election commission showed.
'Absolute majority'
Those four parties — which made up the last parliament and all back the Kremlin — were the only ones to clear the five percent threshold needed to claim a share of the one-half of seats up for grabs.
The vote comes as Putin's approval ratings remain high at around 80 percent and authorities appear to be banking on trouble-free presidential elections in two years.
Results indicated that liberal opposition groups would not make it into parliament, with neither the Yabloko party, nor the Parnas party, headed by former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, having secured enough votes to win a seat.
The other half of the deputies are being elected on a constituency basis after a change to the election law.
With only a fraction of the votes counted, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confidently said that his party would end up with an "absolute majority" in the Duma.
Though the overall tally for United Russia was higher than the 49 percent it claimed in 2011, participation was low, particularly in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Only 47.8 of voters cast their ballots, against 60 percent in 2011, electoral officials said.
Sunday's election follows a tumultuous few years that have seen Russia seize the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine, plunge into its worst standoff with the West since the Cold War and start a military campaign in Syria.
But the Kremlin exerts almost complete control over the media and public discourse, and this year's election campaign was dubbed the dullest in recent memory.
Ecstatic ruling party
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived at the United Russia party campaign office, where the PM, who is also the chairman of Russia's ruling party, delivered a speech to party members and thanked Putin, who is the party founder, for demonstrating support for United Russia by visiting the campaign office.
Medvedev also called the election results "a victory" for the party.
Russian people support political stability, Vladimir Putin said as he visited the United Russia campaign office. "The situation is not easy and people see it - and they want the political system and society to remain stable," the president said, as quoted by TASS.
"Ordinary people know that empty promises are worth nothing," he added, commenting on preliminary election results and stressing that United Russia will continue its work aimed at Russia's development.
Looming large was the spectre of mass protests over vote rigging that followed the last legislative polls five years ago and grew into the biggest challenge to Putin since he took charge in 2000.
Since then the Kremlin has cracked down on the right to protest while making a show of stamping out electoral manipulation.
The former scandal-tainted election chief was removed in favour of a human rights advocate who allowed more genuine opposition candidates to take part.
Despite the authorities pledging to crack down on vote-rigging, observers around the country made claims of violations including "cruise-voting" — where people are bussed to vote at multiple polling stations — and ballot stuffing.
Electoral Commission chief Ella Pamfilova admitted that there had been problems in certain regions but officials said the number of violations was way down on the last vote.
"In any case there already is full confidence that the elections are nonetheless quite legitimate," Pamfilova said.
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For the first time since Moscow seized the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in 2014, residents there voted for Russia's parliament, in a poll slammed by Ukraine as illegal.
Voters in some areas of the vast country were also electing regional leaders.
In the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, strongman Ramzan Kadyrov looked set to win the first electoral test of his rule after rights groups said that criticism was ruthlessly silenced during the campaign.
On Sunday, Russians elected the officials to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, as well as to dozens of municipal and regional bodies on the first nationwide Single Election Day - previously voting was held in December.
It is also the first time that the mixed principle has been used in elections to the State Duma since 2003, as in 2007 and 2011 Russians elected MPs from federal party lists only.
This time, half of the parliament's seats will be occupied by deputies included in the federal candidate lists of parties that will clear the 5 percent threshold. The other half will be taken up by candidates elected according to a first-past-the-post system in each of the 225 independent constituencies or districts that together form the Russian Federation.
Fourteen political parties took part in State Duma elections.
In Russia, each person over the age of 18 is eligible to vote, except for prisoners and legally incapable persons. The total number of Russian voters amounts to 111.6 million with about two million of them living abroad. Voter turnout in Russia's previous parliamentary elections in 2011 amounted to 60.2 percent.
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Former Ubisoft Employee Opens Film Studio Exclusively for Video Game Adaptations
Jean-Julien Baronnet was the CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures until March 2016, but he's not completely out of the world of film just yet. He's opening up a new movie studio that will exclusively create video game film adaptations.
Baronnet told Variety that making video game adaptations for film takes more than knowledge in how to make a movie; it also requires knowledge of developing video games as well as what gamers want to see in these films.
The key is to have a close relationship with the game designers and to work with them on the key creative angles that will best cope with the game's DNA. The key is to recognize the passion of gamers, given they spend hundreds of hours in that world. That makes it essential for the 'universe' of the game to be as accurate as possible.
He added that the biggest problem with video game movies is that they focus on the main story of the particular game, and that doesn't always work. Instead of doing that, producers need to learn more about the game and its universe, learn why it is so beloved, and then bring that aspect into the film.
Baronnet says he's currently speaking with a number of game studios about producing video game films, but he did not specify which studios or which games. He's also working on hiring veterans of the industry to help with the adaptation and production process.
He has worked on the upcoming Splinter Cell film as well as the Assassin's Creed movie, and it's safe to assume that his experience at Ubisoft has given him more than a few clues about video game development and gamer culture. The question is, can he make something better than Super Mario Bros.?