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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 9, 2012) - Loncor Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Loncor") (TSX VENTURE:LN)(NYSE MKT:LON)(NYSE Amex:LON) is pleased to announce that it has closed the issuance and sale of 9,245,000 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price of Cdn$1.05 per Common Share for aggregate gross proceeds of Cdn$9,707,250 (the "Offering"). The Offering was conducted by a syndicate of investment dealers (the "Underwriters"). The 9,245,000 Common Shares issued under the Offering include 645,000 Common Shares issued and sold pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the Underwriters.
The Offering was made by way of a short form prospectus dated October 1, 2012 filed with securities regulatory authorities in all of the provinces of Canada (other than Québec). The short form prospectus and other documents filed by the Company and referred to therein are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Common Shares were also offered on a private placement basis in certain jurisdictions outside of Canada.
Newmont Mining Corporation ("Newmont") has also completed, through an affiliate of Newmont, a non-brokered private placement (the "Placement") of 4,850,000 common shares of the Company at the Offering price for aggregate gross proceeds of Cdn$5,092,500, concurrent with the Offering. After giving effect to the completion of the Offering and the Placement, Newmont (through an affiliate) now holds 14,550,000 (representing 19.81% on a non-diluted basis) of the outstanding common shares of the Company and 1,000,000 common share purchase warrants of the Company, with each such warrant entitling the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of Cdn$2.30 until December 2012. The 4,850,000 common shares of the Company issued under the Placement are subject to a four month "hold period", which expires on February 10, 2013, and the resale rules of applicable securities legislation.
Pursuant to the two financings, the Company has raised total gross proceeds of Cdn$14,799,750.
Loncor intends to use the proceeds from the financings for the exploration and development of the Company's mineral properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
Loncor is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on two key projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC") - the Ngayu and North Kivu projects. The Company has exclusive gold rights to an area covering 2,087 sq km covering part of the Ngayu Archaean greenstone belt in Orientale province in the northeast portion of the DRC. Loncor also owns or controls 55 exploration permits in North Kivu province, covering 17,760 square kilometres, located west of the city of Butembo. Both areas have historic gold production. Led by a team of senior exploration professionals with extensive African experience, Loncor's strategy includes an aggressive drilling program to follow up on initial known targets as well as covering the entire greenstone belt with regional geochemical and geophysical surveys. Additional information with respect to the Company's projects can be found on the Company's web site at www.loncor.com.
Forward-Looking Information: Statements in this press release relating to the use of proceeds from the financings and the Company's exploration and development plans are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information, and even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, risks related to the exploration stage of the Company's properties, market fluctuations in prices for securities of exploration stage companies, the location of the Company's properties in the DRC, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, the possibility that future exploration or development results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations, failure to establish estimated mineral resources (the Company's mineral resource figures are estimates and no assurance can be given that the indicated levels of gold will be produced), uncertainties related to fluctuations in commodity prices and equity markets and the other risks disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F dated March 30, 2012 filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking information speaks only as of the date on which it is provided and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking information are reasonable, forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such information due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Loncor Resources Inc.Peter N. CowleyPresident and Chief Executive Officer+ 44 (0) 790 454 0856Loncor Resources Inc.Arnold T. KondratExecutive Vice President+ 44 (0) 790 454 0856Loncor Resources Inc.Naomi NemethInvestor Relations(416) 366-9189 or 1 (800) 714-7938www.loncor.com
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There have been many things said about and experienced with American- and Chinese-made memory foams. As a rule of thumb, American-made foam mattresses have a higher quality than Chinese-made ones, but that may be unfair, as the Chinese have been improving their products as of late.
What makes people think that Chinese-made mattresses are of lower quality? Why would you choose American-made mattresses? Here are a few ideas about that.
Density is Not There
Memory foams are high-quality because of their supposed density. This density is important because it helps the mattress retain its quality and help it in keeping its owner's preferred posture. The problem with Chinese quality foams is that they sacrifice quality for the quantity of delivery. American-made foams retain this, at the expense of exporting more quality.
Questionable Quality
Chinese-made memory foams are currently flooding the US market right now, but their reputation has always been the same; the rebound quality is not the same and it becomes more firm as your room gets colder. People are getting worried about the chemical smell, a normal characteristic of Chinese memory foams.
American-made Foams last longer
Not all is bad about Chinese-quality foams. These models are softer than the more expensive models. Some models also have innovations, like gel-hybrid foams. However, their durability is still question. More expensive American models also do not contour as easily as Chinese models.
Non-Toxic to the Environment
Chemicals are used in creating foams and in China, companies sometimes cut corners by sacrificing quality control. That's a reason why American-made foams can be quite expensive—they don't sacrifice anything and are US-certified.
Questionable Fillers
As a result of lighter quality control restrictions, Chinese-made foams are made of suspect quality. They usually have fillers in the range of clay, stone dust, and lead—a poisonous substance to humans. If you're buying foams, you should be aware of this fact.
If you're looking for cheaper quality foams, never sacrifice your safety. It would be still better to buy a fairly expensive memory foam from the US rather than play the foam sweepstakes with Chinese-made foams.

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Tom Enright
SVP – Sales/Recruiter Development
As SVP – Sales/Recruiter Development, Tom trains and develops Starpoint's sales and recruiting teams. He works closely with Starpoint's sales and recruiting managers nationwide to establish best practices for cultivating existing accounts, developing new business and identifying qualified candidates.
With Starpoint since 1994, Tom spent his early career as a recruiter in Starpoint's New York office placing senior technology specialists for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. He was quickly promoted to Recruiting Manager and then Operations Manager as he helped expand the New York office, which is also the company's headquarters location.
Tom attended St. John's University.


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* U.S. services sector growth slowed in December
* Euro helped by data ahead of ECB meeting
* Yen firms as stock markets fall
* Focus on U.S. Fed minutes and jobs data
By Julie Haviv
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The dollar dipped against the euro and yen on Monday as weaker-than-expected data gauging the U.S. services sector reflected slowing growth at the end of last year.
The greenback's losses accelerated after two readings showed U.S. services sector growth slowed in December, pointing to an economy that continues to expand at a modest pace, while factory orders rose in November.
The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector slowed for a second straight month in December with business activity expanding at a lower rate and new orders contracting, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
Separately, financial data firm Markit said its services sector Purchasing Managers Index eased slightly from the prior month, slipping by 0.1 to 56.1 in the month.
The reports could add to expectations that the Federal Reserve will pare its monthly bond purchases at a gradual pace this year.
New orders for U.S. factory goods, however, rebounded in November, adding to signs of strong momentum in the economy in late 2013.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, last traded flat at 80.756 after hitting 80.910 earlier in the global session, its highest since Dec. 4.
The euro, meanwhile, benefited from positive euro zone data the suggested the European Central Bank will not loosen policy further any time soon.
The euro recovered from a one-month low to trade 0.4 percent higher at $1.3638, finding support as euro zone sentiment hit its highest in nearly three years.
The euro was up 0.2 percent at 142.68 yen.
The euro zone Composite Purchasing Managers Index, which gauges how thousands of manufacturing and services companies fare every month, rose to 52.1 in December, in line with forecasts, with readings above 50 indicating growth.
The euro was last year's best-performing major currency - driven by factors such as euro zone banks repatriating funds to shore up their capital bases and repaying cheap loans to the ECB - but it lost ground late last week.
The upbeat euro zone data came ahead of he ECB's first policy meeting of 2014 on Thursday. While another rate cut after November's surprise move is seen an unlikely, the bank has the ability to issue further cheap loans to banks.
"The big question is whether the recovery in the euro zone is real or sustainable. This indicates at least it isn't faltering," said Marshall Gittler, head of global FX strategy at IronFX Global. "There's no need (for them) to come out with a sudden move. I'd expect to see the same sort of message from (ECB President) Draghi as last week."
At the end of last month, Draghi said in a magazine interview he saw no urgent need to cut rates further and no signs of deflation.
Investors are looking to minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's December meeting, due on Wednesday, for signs of how trading in the early part of the year will unfold. The minutes could hint at the timing and pace of any further reductions in Fed stimulus.
Friday will bring the December U.S. payrolls report, which could suggest whether domestic job growth is strong enough for the Fed to continue tapering its asset buying.
The yen, meanwhile, pulled away from recent five-year lows versus the dollar and the euro as a fall in global stocks prompted traders to buy the safe-haven Japanese currency.
Asian shares led global stocks lower after growth in China's services sector slowed sharply last month.
The Nikkei and the yen - last year's weakest major currency - tend to move in opposite directions.
"This is very much driven from Asia ... The yen has been used as a funding currency and will gain support," said Ian Stannard, head of European currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.
The dollar was last down 0.2 percent to 104.64 yen, according to Reuters data.


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The STEM Education Coalition was a signatory on a letter sent to state education policymakers by the Afterschool STEM Hub, an alliance of local, state and national organizations dedicated to improving education for all students. The letter, sent on Wednesday, September 7, was signed by more than 100 organizations from communities across the country and offers a series of policy recommendations related to new federal funding opportunities and decision-making powers for state and local school districts that can be used to improve the teaching and learning of the STEM subjects, especially in afterschool, informal, and out of school settings.
The full letter can be viewed here.


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Programming: Bugs, Mistakes, and PythonSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 23rd of October 2018 01:07:23 PM Filed under
Living on the command line: Why mistakes are a good thing
Getting started with functional programming in Python using the toolz library
In the second of a two-part series, we continue to explore how we can import ideas from functional programming methodology into Python to have the best of both worlds.
In the previous post, we covered immutable data structures. Those allow us to write "pure" functions, or functions that have no side effects, merely accepting some arguments and returning a result while maintaining decent performance.
The code's crashed again, but why? Tell us your war stories of bugs found – and bugs fixed
Even the best software goes wrong from time to time. So, what exactly happens when it throws a wobbly, especially when it's a key component in a production environment?
Whether it's a total crash, a transaction failure, or the mangling of important data, there's going to be some kind of business impact. And the more the problem persists, the greater the level of pain, loss, and disruption.
Everyone wants faults identified, diagnosed, and fixed ASAP. Identification is not normally a challenge – user complaints, curses, screams, and threats usually provide a pretty good clue. But before anyone can prioritize and schedule a fix, someone needs to diagnose the problem.
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Programming: BASIC, LLVM's Clang C++17, and MozillaSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 20th of October 2018 09:37:14 AM Filed under
So I wrote a basic BASIC
So back in June I challenged myself to write a BASIC interpreter in a weekend. The next time I mentioned it was to admit defeat. I didn't really explain in any detail, because I thought I'd wait a few days and try again and I was distracted at the time I wrote my post.
LLVM C++14/C++17 BoF
LLVM's Codebase Will Likely Move To C++17 Next Year
While LLVM's Clang compiler already supports C++17, what this change is about is the LLVM code itself and for sub-projects like Clang can begin making use of C++17 code itself. This in turn ups the requirements for being able to compile the code-base.
As it stands now LLVM requires C++11 for being able to build the compiler stack, but at this week's LLVM Developers' Meeting in San Jose they discussed upping that requirement. While they could move to C++14, the unofficial consensus is they should just move directly to C++17. This enables LLVM developers to take advantage of all these modern C++ features.
Don't rely on the shape of (Native)Error.prototype.message
The Rust Programming Language Blog: Update on the October 15, 2018 incident on crates.io
A user called cratesio was created on crates.io and proceeded to upload packages using common, short names. These packages contained nothing beyond a Cargo.toml file and a README.md instructing users that if they wanted to use the name, they should open an issue on the crates.io issue tracker.
The rate at which this user uploaded packages eventually resulted in our servers being throttled by GitHub, causing a slowdown in all package uploads or yanks. Endpoints which did not involve updating the index were unaffected.
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Programming: Thorntail 2.2 General Availability, OpenJDK, LLVM 7, wlc 0.9, Pango DevelopmentSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 18th of October 2018 02:53:00 AM Filed under
Announcing: Thorntail 2.2 General Availability
Today Red Hat is making Thorntail 2.2 generally available to Red Hat customers through a subscription to Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes (RHOAR). RHOAR provides application developers with a variety of application runtimes running on the OpenShift Container Platform.
Thorntail is the new name for WildFly Swarm, and bundles everything you need to develop and run Thorntail and MicroProfile applications by packaging server runtime libraries with your application code and running it with java -jar. It speeds up the transition from monoliths to microservices and takes advantage of your existing industry standard Java EE technology experience.
The history and future of OpenJDK
In the second half of 2017, a number of major changes were announced in the Java ecosystem that have the potential to force a reassessment of Java roadmaps and vendor selection for enterprise Java users. Some of the changes are happening in the upstream OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) community, and some of the changes are happening in proprietary commercial distributions of Java. Red Hat anticipates that many of our customers will need to review their current Java plans and we want to take this opportunity to review the history of our relationship with the OpenJDK community, discuss the changes in the Java ecosystem, and describe Red Hat's Java offerings. Subsequent posts will cover the ecosystem changes and Red Hat's plans going forward.
LLVM 7 improves performance analysis, linking
The developers behind LLVM, the open-source framework for building cross-platform compilers, have unveiled LLVM 7. The new release arrives right on schedule as part of the project's cadence of major releases every six months.
LLVM underpins several modern language compilers including Apple's Swift, the Rust language, and the Clang C/C++ compiler. LLVM 7 introduces revisions to both its native features and to companion tools that make it easier to build, debug, and analyze LLVM-generated software.
wlc 0.9
wlc 0.9, a command line utility for Weblate, has been just released. There are several new commands like translation file upload or repository cleanup. The codebase has been also migrated to use requests instead of urllib.
A pango update
Pango development has been slow in the last few years, while most of the work on the text rendering stack has moved to harfbuzz. But recently, Behdad and I got together for a pango work day, and made some plans, which we want to share. The underlying goal of these changes is to ensure that GTK+ and GNOME continue to have a competitive text rendering stack, and to avoid pango becoming a roadblock for this.
GNOME Developers Are Looking At Sprucing Up Pango
GNOME developers want to make sure they have a competitive text rendering stack with other platforms and as such are looking to make some modernization improvements to Pango.
Pango as a refresher is the text layout library used by GTK+ as well as other applications and works in hand with the HarfBuzz shaping engine for the display/placement of text.
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GNU: GCC 9 Feature Development Is Ending Next Month, GCC's Test Suite To Begin Testing C++17 By DefaultSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 18th of October 2018 01:33:48 AM Filed under
GCC 9 Feature Development Is Ending Next Month
There is just three weeks left for GNU toolchain developers to finish landing new feature material in GCC 9.0 ahead of next year's GCC 9.1 stable release.
Richard Biener of SUSE announced today that GCC's "stage 1" development will shift to "stage 3" on 11 November. This marks the point at which open feature development is over and will then focus on bug-fixing... No new features are generally allowed in during this stage. On 6 January 2019 is when they intend to begin their final period of only working on regression fixes and documentation updates.
GCC's Test Suite To Begin Testing C++17 By Default
GCC's test suite will soon begin testing the C++17 standard as part of its C++98/11/14 standard tests by default... This doesn't affect the default C++ standard used by the GCC G++ compiler at this point, but at least will help eliminate any lingering C++17 bugs as well as helping to stop regressions in the future.
With the GCC test suite's test cases having cleared through the last of the C++17 issues, Marek Polacek of Red Hat sent out the patch today to begin testing C++17 by default when running its test suite. C++17 is tested in addition to the earlier C++98, C++11, and C++14 standards.
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Programming: Version Control With Git, 5 Things Your Team Should Do to Make Pull Requests Less Painful and More GitHub Workflow AutomationSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 17th of October 2018 03:03:02 PM Filed under
How to Use Git Version Control System in Linux [Comprehensive Guide]
Version Control (revision control or source control) is a way of recording changes to a file or collection of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later. A version control system (or VCS in short) is a tool that records changes to files on a filesystem.
There are many version control systems out there, but Git is currently the most popular and frequently used, especially for source code management. Version control can actually be used for nearly any type of file on a computer, not only source code.
5 Things Your Team Should Do to Make Pull Requests Less Painful
A user story is a short description of a unit of work that needs doing. It's normally told from the perspective of the user, hence the name. The journey towards a good pull request starts with a well-written user story. It should be scoped to a single thing that a user can do in the system being built.
More GitHub workflow automation
The more you use computers, the more you see the potentials for automating everything. Who doesn't love that? By building Mergify those last months, we've decided it was time bring more automation to the development workflow.
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Programming/Development: uTidylib, From Python to Rust, Programming Experiences and Go TipsSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 16th of October 2018 02:03:24 AM Filed under
uTidylib 0.4
Two years ago, I've taken over uTidylib maintainership. Two years has passed without any bigger contribution, but today there is a new version with support for recent html-tidy and Python 3.
Rewrote summain from Python to Rust
I've been learning Rust lately. As part of that, I rewrote my summain program from Python to Rust (see summainrs). It's not quite a 1:1 rewrite: the Python version outputs RFC822-style records, the Rust one uses YAML. The Rust version is my first attempt at using multithreading, something I never added to the Python version.
Which programming language for work? For the weekend?
Our writer community grows each month as new, interesting folks write for us and join in on the fun of sharing their expertise and experiences in open source technology. So, it's no surprise that they are brimming with fascinating information. It's just asking the right question to release it.
Recently, I asked: What programming languages do you use at work, and which ones do you use on the weekend?
Go command and packages cheat sheet
Of the many things the go executable can do, most people know only go run and go build. And, of the many packages in the standard Go library, most people know only the fmt package. This cheat sheet will list many uses of the go executable and the most important packages in the Go standard library.
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Mozilla: Pocket, Rust and MDN UpdatesSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 12th of October 2018 07:43:00 PM Filed under
Pocket's Updated Listening Feature Effectively Turns Web Pages into Podcasts
The read-it-later service has been focused on convenience and entertainment since Mozilla acquired it last year. Previous updates to the app introduced sponsored and recommended content based on a user's interest. The new "listen" feature mimics the button layout and usability of podcast and music apps, encouraging users to treat Pocket like a source of entertainment, rather than a glorified bookmark app.
Announcing Rust 1.29.2
The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.29.2. Rust is a systems programming language focused on safety, speed, and concurrency.
Payments, accessibility, and dead macros: MDN Changelog for September 2018
We've been thinking about the direction and growth of MDN. We'd like a more direct connection with developers, and to provide them with valuable features and benefits they need to be successful in their web projects. We've researched several promising ideas, and decided that direct payments would be the first experiment. Logged-in users and 1% of anonymous visitors see the banner that asks them to directly support MDN. See Ali Spivak's and Kadir Topal's post, A New Way to Support MDN, for more information.
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GCC 6.5 Status ReportSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 12th of October 2018 06:37:41 PM Filed under
GCC 6.5 Status Report (2018-10-12)
It is now time to release GCC 6.5 and close the 6.x branch. If you have regression bugfixes or documentation fixes that should be still backported to the branch, please test them and check them in before Friday, October 19th, when I'd like to create a Release Candidate of 6.5.
GCC 6.5 Is Being Prepared As The Last GCC6 Compiler Release
Version 6.5 of the GNU Compiler Collection will soon be released to end out the GCC6 series.
GCC8 remains the latest stable series and GCC9 is in development for release in early 2019. For those still relying upon the two-year-old GCC6 stable series, GCC 6.5 is being prepared with a last serving of bug/regression fixes before closing off that branch.
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Programs and Programming: DICOM Viwers, Turtl, Weblate, Rust and PythonSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 10th of October 2018 08:15:51 PM Filed under
Excellent Free DICOM Viewers – Medical Imaging Software
DICOM (an acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is a worldwide standard in Health IT and is provided by the National Electrical Manufacturers Assocation (NEMA). It's the standard open image format used to handle, store, print and transmit information in medical imaging. This standard specifies the way medical images and metadata like study or patient related data are stored and communicated over different digital medias.
DICOM is a binary protocol and data format. The binary protocol specifies a set of networking protocols, the syntax and specification of commands that can be exchanged with these protocols, and a set of media storage services. It's an entire specification of the elements required to achieve a practical level of automatic interoperability between biomedical imaging computer systems—from application layer to bit-stream encoding.
DICOM files can be exchanged between two entities that are capable of receiving image and patient data in DICOM format.
Encrypted Evernote Alternative Turtl v0.7 Includes Rewritten Server, New Spaces Feature
Turtl was updated to version 0.7 yesterday, the new release shipping with a rewritten server, among other changes. I'll cover the new version in the second part of this article, after an introduction to Turtl.
Turtl is a "secure, encrypted Evernote alternative". The free and open source tool, which is considered beta software, can be used to take notes, save bookmarks, store documents and images, and anything else you may need, in a safe place.
There are Turtl applications available for Linux, Windows, macOS and Android, while an iOS application should also be available in the future. Chrome and Firefox extensions are available to easily bookmark the page you're on, great for quickly saving sites for later.
The Turtl developers offer the service (hosted server) for free, but a premium service is planned for the future. However, the Turtl server is free and open source software, so you can install and use your own instance.
Weblate 3.2.1
Weblate 3.2.1 has been released today. It's a bugfix release for 3.2 fixing several minor issues which appeared in the release.
This Week in Rust 255
Code Quality & Formatting for Python
black, the uncompromising Python code formatter, has arrived in Debian unstable and testing.
black is being adopted by the LAVA Software Community Project in a gradual way and the new CI will be checking that files which have been formatted by black stay formatted by black in merge requests.
There are endless ways to format Python code and pycodestyle and pylint are often too noisy to use without long lists of ignored errors and warnings.
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GCC: Optimizing Linux, the Internet, and EverythingSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 10th of October 2018 08:02:02 PM Filed under
Software is useless if computers can't run it. Even the most talented developer is at the mercy of the compiler when it comes to run-time performance - if you don't have a reliable compiler toolchain you can't build anything serious. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) provides a robust, mature and high performance partner to help you get the most out of your software. With decades of development by thousands of people GCC is one of the most respected compilers in the world. If you are building applications and not using GCC, you are missing out on the best possible solution.
GCC is the "de facto-standard open source compiler today" [1] according to LLVM.org and the foundation used to build complete systems - from the kernel upwards. GCC supports over 60 hardware platforms, including ARM, Intel, AMD, IBM POWER, SPARC, HP PA-RISC, and IBM Z, as well as a variety of operating environments, including GNU, Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and RTEMS. It offers highly compliant C/C++ compilers and support for popular C libraries, such as GNU C Library (glibc), Newlib, musl, and the C libraries included with various BSD operating systems, as well as front-ends for Fortran, Ada, and GO languages. GCC also functions as a cross compiler, creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running. GCC is the core component of the tightly integrated GNU toolchain, produced by the GNU Project, that includes glibc, Binutils, and the GNU Debugger (GDB).
Also: AMDGPU Developer Proposes Array Register Files For LLVM - Would Help Performance
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xoxoxoBruce Monday Dec 7 12:36 AM
Dec 7, 2009: Lighting Up for Christmas
I figured you'll be inundated with stuff about, "A day, that will live in infamy", so on a lighter note;
casimendocina Monday Dec 7 02:08 AM
Love it.
capnhowdy Monday Dec 7 08:02 AM
I like the way he talks.
Gravdigr Monday Dec 7 08:34 AM
Pico and ME Monday Dec 7 09:30 AM
Pearcie (AUS) Tuesday Dec 8 01:08 AM
I couldn't help but think of this...
Pearcie (AUS) Tuesday Dec 8 01:15 AM
Bummer, pic link didn't work.
Trilby Tuesday Dec 8 03:36 AM
Awww!! How cute, Pearcie! I wish more people had that spirit!


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The Family Homestead Ebook Collection
This collection of eBooks is not available on CD or you can purchase them as one eBook with an instant download
The collection contains:
The Budget Menu Collection
~ Two Week Budget Menu and Menu Planning Worksheet
~ Two 2-Week Budget Menus
~ Busy Mom's 4 Week Menu
The Recipe Collection
~ Breakfast Recipe Collection
~ Yeast Breads, Quick Breads and Desserts
~ Crockpot and Soup Collection
~ Main Dish Recipe Collection
These CD's are the same CD's I have sold previously. So if you have purchased these ebooks in the past please know that there is no new content on this CD. This is a collection of all my current ebooks.
I am now in the process of updating all my recipes and I am not sure if I will have them available as ebooks in the future or not. At this point I am not sure how much longer I will make this offer available.
The CD is no longer available.
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New Position Announced in BCT: Lecturer in Sustainable Construction Management
Posted: January 2nd, 2015
We are excited to announce a new Lecturer position with the Building and Construction Technology (BCT) program in Sustainable Construction Management, available immediately. This faculty position covers project management topics and allows us to focus more on efficient and sustainable construction practices, such as lean construction, prefabrication, BIM & IPD, and LEED. You can learn more about it (and apply) at the following link. We will start reviewing candidates February 12, 2015 and the position will commence September 2015.
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Dear Helen.
War... War is not pretty, it is not fun. The men by my side are all writing back to their families. Everyone is scared, some of the crazy ones are a little excited! How can you be excited for what is sure to come? I want to write to you when I can, even if I don't get one back. I really hope I can get one back. I am not sure they will be able to find us on the field, but just knowing you are reading these will help me get through the days. This is the first in what I hope is not the last of the letters I send to you. Just know that if something were to happen to me, I love you and always will.


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Madden NFL 2011 Soundtrack Sacks Your Ears with Over 20 Songs
Every year, millions of NFL fans run to their local Gaming store of choice to pickup the newest and improved Madden game. Ever year, thousands of bands do their damnest to be included on the 'EA Trax' soundtrack, because hey, even I'll admit, I've bought a few CDs due to a song being played a million times while I 'got my game on'. This years latest slew of songs is a bit of a change though. Gone is the mix of indie and well known rock, as this year it's being replaced with a nice mix of classic rock, a bit of rap, covers of some famous tunes, and even a few team's fight songs. Oh yeah, Madden fans get ready to rock this August 10th with this soundtrack as we have all 23 songs for you to check out.
Original Recordings:
AC/DC – Thunderstruck
Archie Eversole – We Ready
Blur – Song 2
Bush – Machinehead
Guns N' Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne – Let It Rock
Kiss – Rock and Roll All Nite
Ozzy Osbourne – Let Me Hear You Scream
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
The Hives – Tick Tick Boom
Todd Rundgren – Bang the Drum
Ying Yang Twins featuring Homebwoi – Halftime
Cover Versions:
Rock N Roll Part 2 – as made famous by Gary Glitter
We Will Rock You – as made famous by Queen
Crowd Chant – as made famous by Joe Satriani
Kernkraft 400 – as made famous by Zombie Nation
Team Fight Songs:
Chicago Bears – Bear Down Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions – Gridiron Heroes
Green Bay Packers – Go Packers Go!
Miami Dolphins – Miami Dolphins #1
Minnesota Vikings – Skol Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles – Fly Eagles Fly
Washington Redskins – Hail to the Redskins
While I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't any indie bands represented, I'm certainly down with the classic and current rock songs they choose. What do you music fans think? Did EA 'sellout' too much?
Oh, by the way, Lions fans, just because they included your fight song in the game doesn't mean your team is going to win the Super Bowl anytime soon. Had to give you a friendly reminder!
The 'Summer sales monster' that is Madden NFL 2011 arrives this August 10th, with promised improvements to make the game more accessible for casual gamers and this years rookie class, plus an improved online mode, Madden fans will be most pleased.


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Enjoying the Journey: Wellington to Hamilton by Train
Today's Itinerary
- Depart Wellington on the early morning Northern Explorer train
- Photograph the rising sun as it ignites the countryside
- Enjoy the journey of long distance train travel
- Spy some of the North Island's scenic, and tragic, destinations
- Feel just a little closer to Middle Earth
- Stay up to date with a free subscription to our daily destinations email
We'll be honest: Wellington is New Zealand's capital city, but like a lot of capital cities (think Canberra, Australia, or Albany, New York State) it's not high on most people's itineries. This is probably unfair – indeed, there are a lot of wonderful things to do in Wellington, from a seal colony on the coastline to the artifice of Wellington as a global film-making destination. Ultimately, however, we have an early train to catch – and we kind of think that any place that calls itself "The Capital of Cool" probably isn't.
So it's with mixed feelings that we depart from Wellington's impressive 1937 railway station, on the early 7.55am Northern Explorer train. Today is an epic train journey across the heart of New Zealand's North Island – plenty of sights without even standing up. Good thing we brought snacks – in fact, grab some popcorn now and sample this 2-minute video from Kiwi Rail.
It's only minutes into our journey that the city falls behind us, revealing a morning sun rising to the east and sparkling over the coastline to the west. The colours – blue and gold here, green in the rich grazing pastures that follow – are made for photography, and impressively so is the Northern Explorer with open-air platforms to ensure our photos (with the right shutter speed) truly do capture the countryside. If you've ever suffered window-glare or reflection in a travel photo, this is the train journey for you!
Some of our group have never made a long train journey before. Done well, a full day train experience can be the highlight of any trip (we're thinking Norway in a Nutshell, or Switzerland's Golden Pass). Done poorly (we're thinking cattle class, London to Edinburgh) the only thing they have going for them is that a bad train experience is always better than a bad bus experience!
On great train journeys, from Wellington to Auckland, you will truly live the mantra "it's about the journey, not just the destination".
Here are our long distance train journey tips
- Make sure someone in the group has a window seat, so people who want can take photos
- Check in advance about powerpoints, bathroom locations, and other amenities close to your seat. You don't want the kid's dvd player to die halfway through, or the entire trip to smell like a railway toilet
- Buy your day's food in advance – it will almost always be fresher and cheaper than the on board options
- You may be tempted to plan for lunch at a long stopover station – but be mindful all station food options will be swamped within moments of your train disembarking
- Understand the terrain you'll be travelling through, to avoid tedium. Coming down into Lake Como is spectacular; Siena to Rome sounds gorgeous, but you will want something else to keep you occupied!
The Northern Explorer train provides some commentary about the main North Island attractions that you pass along the way. Some, like the post marking where the Wellington to Auckland train lines met during construction, will whiz past; others, like the Mt Pirongia at 959 metres high, will be visible long enough to take plenty of photos.
The joy of a long distance train journey is the variety of the scenery, and the Northern Explorer doesn't disappoint. As we head through Palmerston North station, we leave the coastline behind and journey through the centre of the North Island.
Here we cross over the Tangiwai Bridge, site of New Zealand's worst ever railway disaster when the bridge collapsed one flooded Christmas Eve. There's the Makatote Viaduct, one of many that we cross and the highest on this journey ascending 77 metres (258 feet) into the sky.
Trainspotters, rail journey fanatics, and world-travellers love the Raurimu Spiral track. A feat of Victorian-era engineering, we descend 132 metres via two tunnels, a circle, and three hairpin bends. In a straight line it's a 2km stretch of track, but with a gradient too severe for even modern trains; following the horseshoe route (see the picture above) takes us 6.8 kms, but avoids a 20km detour (which also would have required 9 additional viaducts be built!). The great age of trains is behind us now, which is why experiencing man-made marvels like the Raurimu Spiral is all the more enlightening. To think we could have flown over all this and missed the experience!
As night begins to fall, our train arrives at today's destination: the city of Hamilton. There are others who will take the Wellington to Auckland train line all the way to its end point. One such traveller was Peter Jackson, who read Tolkein's Lord of the Rings for the first time on this exact train route. He said it was this train journey that made him realise how similar New Zealand's landscape was to the middle earth of LOTR and The Hobbit.
But that's a story for tomorrow. Tonight, after a 11 hours spent together on a train, is an opportunity to separate. Not because we need the space, but because we want to experience some of the best Bed & Breakfast's Hamilton has to offer. Enjoy some local Kiwi hospitality, but be warned – we have a Hobbit tour tomorrow morning, so there won't be time for second breakfast!
Want to go? Need to know!
- You can buy Northern Explorer train tickets (Wellington to Auckland, or Auckland to Wellington) online, BUT you are best served to read this website first. The 'Man in Seat 61' has some tips on ensuring you grasp the best, local price when booking.
- The Northern Explorer 'Train' probably changes trains along the way, as diesel and electric alternate. Be sure to Check-in at about 20 mins before departure. Seats aren't allocated when you book, but you can call Kiwi Rail ahead (0800 TRAINS in NZ; +64 4 495 0775 outside NZ) if you're particularly keen to get a specific seat or group section.
- Another popular stop for those breaking the Wellington to Auckland train journey is Te Kuiti, home to the Waitomo glow-worm caves and the self-proclaimed "sheep shearing capital of the world".
Have we been unfair to Wellington? Have you any other helpful long distance train advice? Please share your experience in the comments below.


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The Indy Cast
What do you think of the Indy Cast and why
I think its a great show and makes listening to Indy News fun -- then again I am kind of partial to it....
i think its awesome!!!!:up:
i cant wait for each weeks show!!!
you gotta love listening to Ed Dolista.;) hehe
i can't wait for saturday nights to download the show and listen to it --- i love all the news and features that he does ---- and since i won a poster from the contest ( the "indyfans" poster)i am really a die hard fan --- i hardly ever listen to the force.nets forcecast anymore----lol
so what is your name? so i know if its you sending a letter to it.:) i think its cool to hear other Raven fans on the Indycast.
Four words..........
Best Podcast Ever
Don't listen to it. I guess, I just haven't been bothered to do so. I think about Indy stuff enough and talk about it enough here. Besides, I already have met Ed in real life.
I'm actually serious, folks.
my real name is mark martino ---- and it is kool to be mentioned on the indycast --i have been on ( mentioned and had my emails read ) at least 5 times now .and hopefully again in the future
I have had my Emails read on the show 4 or 5 times as well
ain't it cool ---- check out the indy flickr page for my artwork i have sent in
but awesome i will have to know its IndyClone for now on.hehe
oh cool whats your name??? im sure i'll know who you are to.lol i know creepy.:p
The Indycast rules! :D
I feel guilty coz I've fallen behind. I'm trying to catch up but haven't had time with study and everything.
I got an email read on the Indycast though and managed to a get a picture of me and my whole family dressed in "Adventure gear" before going to see the movie up on the flicker page.
I may have been the first Indyfan in the world to see the film (other than those at Cannes) as I live in New Zealand and we are leading in terms of the timezones and the movie actually came out here on the night of the 21st :)
Is there going to be a new Indy Cast today or is Ed taking a break for the holidays? I'm anxious, I want to know if I won one of the Uncle Milton toys! :up:
The show just finished taping tonight... Ed is busy editing and it will be ready for download tomorrow morning (12/22).
It's a good one with a special talk on what to get an Indyfan for the holidays!
Listened to it since Day 1. Am subscribed to it through iTunes.
Great show. I remember back in 2007 having started getting into TheForce-Cast, going through iTunes thinking, "Where the freak is an Indiana Jones podcast!?!". Indy-Cast is everything I had in mind. It helped me get into the Indy mood as we approached KOTCS! :up:
I've participated in their contests, but have never bother with writing an email, explaining my "Indyhistory", reviews on KOTCS etc. but its the only podcast I happen to listen to anymore.
I just hope it can stay interesting through 2009 and beyond, as unless Indy 5 or an animated series get underway, shows are probably going to get flimsier now that KOTCS is on DVD/Blu-Ray.
Hey Forbidden Eye!
Thanks for the nice comments ----- I will pass them onto Ed Dolista (who is trying to get his log-in to work -- so heads up Moderator Finn or Mordred).
He loves Indy and its a shame that there aren't more Indy related merchandise items in Australlia -- Ed is always trying to get his hands on what we see in our stores on a daily basis. He is also a huge Star Wars and Pirates fan, so check out teh Indy-Cast MySpace page (the iTunes subscriptions don't provide the show notes links -- so you miss out on the polls, trivia, pics and more if you don't hit the source on MySpace).
The plans are to keep going with the Indy-Cast -- and there is a lot more to talk about -- even if Indy 5 doesn't happen right away!
Woohoo! I just found out I won one of the Crystal Skull projectors! Thanks Ed and Uncle Milton! :up: It'll make a nice late Christmas gift.
I am intrigued now as I only have been to Queensland once...and it rained. I'd love to know where we met!
The Indy-Cast will be back for another year (hopefully) of Indy news January 11 with Episode 55!
I don't know if you would remember me, but I went to Newcombe Secondary College back in 2004 and played Raquel Del Soto, in your play, "Boogie Fever" and that was where I met you and you were the director so we did rehearsals together. We talked about Indy once with one of my teachers back then. I didn't know that you were that big of a fan though at the time. :p Long story short, moved back to the Gold Coast in 05 and got my degree in film and tv at Griffith Uni at the end of last year.
I do remember! Funny I'm doing a version of that disco show at the end of January (sadly the Raquel character has been cut - but then again I don't look good in halternecks)
Good to see you still love your Indy!
Welcome aboard The Raven Ed!
Looking forward to Episode 55. :up:
I'm looking forward to episode 55 of the Indy Cast and welcome to The Raven Ed:up: :D :whip:
nice to have you with us ed, it'll be nice to interact with you more this way , can't wait til episode 55
the Indycast is one of the best things out there. I anxiously await the new episode each week. Its really the only thing that gets me through a day of creating websites and advertisments at work. I think I listen to each episode about 20 times per week, and each time I pick up something else.
Great work Ed and Mitchell and everyone involved with it.
Long live the Indycast!
Just letting you know that Episode 55 is now up on iTunes!
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
Wage Indexation
Ezio Tarantelli's proposal for cooling inflation by indexing wages to a negotiated target instead of actual inflation faced two difficulties:
First, the alternative is never whether a given nominal wage level should or should not be indexed. For a given relative negotiating strength of Trades Unions and Employers' Unions, if wages are indexed there is less need to take into account subsequent expected inflation in wage-fixing. Indeed if indexation is full (i.e. of 100% of the nominal wage with unit elasticity of the wage with respect to prices and with a short enough lag) there is no need and no case for taking into account subsequent expected inflation at all. In times of rapid inflation, especially of accelerating inflation, wage indexation defuses inflationary expectations and allows the negotiation of a lower nominal wage than would have to be fixed if there was no protection from future inflation. This is precisely why, when wage indexation was first introduced in Italy in 1947, the President of Confindustria (the Confederation of Italian Industrialists) shipowner Angelo Costa actually greeted it as a major anti-inflationary measure. Wage indexation thus has an ambivalent impact: it prolongs an inflationary process but starting from a lower wage and price level than is achievable without indexation.
Second, nominal wages are not fixed forever but are normally re-negotiated periodically. Inflation-proofing through indexation, if triggered by a shock after negotiation, will exhaust its effects completely at the next wage settlement. The new nominal wage will be determined by the relative negotiating strength of employees and employers and other fundamentals prevailing at that later time, regardless of how much the nominal wage might have risen in the intervening period thanks to wage indexation. On average, with rounds of nominal wage negotiations taking place, say, at two-year intervals, the impact of wage indexation will last for only one year, for the new nominal wage will be fixed starting from scratch, from a tabula rasa. To be more precise, it will last for one year (half the period between negotiations) minus the lag between price and wage rises (say at least three months), since the last indexed wage rise during that year will coincide with and will be taken into account at the next round of wage re-negotiation.
In conclusion, wage indexation is neither a shield against inflation nor an inflation engine, it has a positive and a negative impact on inflation, respectively defusing inflationary expectations and prolonging the impact of a shock; but both effects - partially reduced though not eliminated by Tarantelli's proposal - are operational only for a very, very short time. In all, we are talking at best of nine months partial wage protection, though on balance the impact of wage indexation on inflation may actually be beneficial. (A paper of mine in Italian developing these points, Indicizzazione e scala mobile (1994), is available on my website).
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- Klusplatz said...
With all due respect, it is absolutely impossible--mathematically impossible--for wages to affect the rate of inflation. Inflation is only a monetary phenomenon. If unions push wages up too high, there can not be higher prices economy-wide, only higher wages for the people that are not laid off. And for some people to have higher wages, others must be let go (or the government must subsidize the companies for their losses). The more wages are pushed artificially high, the more people will be laid off. This is one of the main functions of the central bank--to pump money in and raise nominal wages so that unions think they're getting ahead when they're not (but while other wage earners fall behind in real terms).
If you want absolute proof of this assertion, let me know and I will email you an audio lecture explaining this in detail.
Kel Kelly
- April 13, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- D. Mario Nuti said...
If you were right the case I am making in this post - that wage indexation does not necessarily prolongue inflation - would be infinitely stronger. Within your framework inflation has nothing to do whatever with wage rises and therefore wage indexation cannot have any harmful impact on inflation. I would feel vindicated by your comment.
The trouble is that you would be right only in a strictly quantitative approach to money, with fixed coefficients such as the velocity of money, and a Central Bank totally and completely in control of money quantity. But the public can also influence such quantity with its own behaviour. And a strictly quantitative approach to money with fixed parameters is a theoretical relic of antiquarian interest only.
But do post your audio lecture in a comment by all means (it can be done) or give us a link to it, so we can all play.
- April 13, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Klusplatz said...
No, I am right under any condition. The quantity approach to money is the only valid approach to money as regards inflation or deflation (as opposed to falling prices). There is no possible way the public can influence prices. For prices to rise on a sustained basis, there must be more paper bills, or more likely, more (higher) total checking account balances. It's amazing that one could still argue that inflation is not a monetary--and only a monetary--phenomenon. Is the difference between Zimbabwe and the U.S., or even the U.S. and Switzerland, mainly a function of cost-push, demand-pull, "shocks," credit-cards, derivatives and the like? Of course not.
Leave velocity out. Velocity does not have a life of it's own. It fluctuates lightly around any given quantity of money. The quantity of money is the primary factor affecting velocity (and most velocity changes derive from financial market transactions, and price movements of financial markets--as a whole--are solely driven by money and credit).
- April 14, 2010 at 4:26 AM
- Klusplatz said...
Forgot to mention the lecture: I don't see how it can be posted. Please let me know and I will. I can't provide a link because it's not available on the internet.
I offer the audio because it's quick and easy (30 min or so). But if you really want at the truth of all of these topics we've discussed, please see George Reisman's Capitalism. Here's a free PDF: http://mises.org/multimedia/pdf/capitalism.pdf
The wage-push discussion is on page 909 of the book (965 in the PDF pages).
That discussion is part of the larger discussion proving that the common arguments stating that forces outside the central bank could affect prices are fallacious. The broader discussion begins on page 895.
If I can somehow insert a picture, I will offer my briefer proof that it is only the quantity of money in an economy that can affect prices (more than slight change in demand for holding money)
Also, here is info for you on booms and busts and credit crises and the real economy:
- April 14, 2010 at 5:11 AM
- D. Mario Nuti said...
You can always send any picture or text to my e-mail address: dmarionuti at gmail.com.
- April 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM
This is but one of many problems with most forms of capitalism, but what's the alternative to indexation for wages?
If capitalism is so dynamic, innovative, revolutionary, etc. we'd see lots more pro-labour reforms than we have historically.
As I see it, over the long-term there is real productivity growth. This long-term growth necessarily exceeds any long-term increases in the costs of living, otherwise we'd be better off going back to feudalism.
Despite this difference, there are still no guarantees for service workers in addition to more conventional types of workers for costs of living.
- July 31, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- Klusplatz said...
To ask this question is to not have any idea of how wages and productivity work in real terms, and especially to have no idea how they work in monetary terms. Before posting comments, and (implicitly) voting for such anti-capitalistic policies, you really should have a basic understanding of how markets work. Similarly, you should learn what Capitalism is and is not.
Read chapter one of this book, and see if you still have the same questions:
I give it to you here in PDF form for free (ignore the error and wait for it to load completely; the front page might not load, but just scroll down anyway).
You can buy the hard copy here: http://mises.org/store/Case-for-Legalizing-Capitalism-P10395.aspx
- August 5, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Klusplatz said...
"As I see it, over the long-term there is real productivity growth. This long-term growth necessarily exceeds any long-term increases in the costs of living"
This is the exact opposite of reality. The cost of living increases faster than does productivity. If it didn't, prices of goods and services (cost of living) would decline in money terms (as they used to in the 1800s), not increase. Prices increase faster than do the production of goods and services because the rate of increase of the money supply is faster than the rate of increase of goods and services (i.e., output). The rate of increase of goods and services is the very manifestation of productivity.
- August 5, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Before I respond, I should ask where the host blogger has gone. I'd like his insights.
Now, this "anti-capitalist" (much more than that, too) has much more than just a "basic understanding of how markets work" and especially what capitalism is and isn't, thanks.
Capitalism is more than just the consumer goods and services market from recorded history. There are labour markets and capital markets.
We just come from politically different schools of economic thought. You measure productivity more closely with profit. I measure it more closely with surplus labour. Under capitalism we see expanding surplus labour paradoxially combined with falling rates of profit.
As for your money supply remark, the Austrian School is far from advocating the kind of public control over the money supply that's needed with the very same fractional reserve crap that you oppose.
- September 2, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- D. Mario Nuti said...
The host blogger is back - see today's post http://dmarionuti.blogspot.com/2010/09/global-policy-forum-yaroslavl-8-10.html.
I found all comments by Klusplatz somewhat tedious and doctrinaire, I strongly disagree with them but I respect diversity of opinion and I did not censure them. I thought you could look after yourself, which you did.
I have no quarrel with your Marxian concepts, except that I do not see evidence of a falling profit rate, quite the contrary; I do not regard surplus labour as a more useful concept than profit, and I would look at labour productivity measured in value added and the wage share in it.
In advanced countries the wage share in GDP has fallen by 10 percentage points in twenty years, 1985-2005, from 65 to 55 per cent (IMF data, World Economic Outlook, 2007 I think). Is that not serious enough for your purposes?
- September 3, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Hi Dr. Nuti,
That's a good question, since I'm an ordinary worker and not an academic. To me, disproportionate immiseration is serious enough to warrant collective political action, but generic political consciousness is still stagnant.
I would say that decline in wage share is normal without generic political action. Only three times in capitalist development have real wages gone up in the developed countries: after the Long Depression but before WWI, the decade after WWI, and the post-WWII boom. In all those cases, however, geopolitical powerplay was involved, and two of those cases were buttressed by colonialism (the stuff of early Kautsky, Hobson, Hilferding, Luxemburg, and later Bukharin and Lenin).
I'm not a big fan of GDP even as a non-"social" measure. It doesn't take into account which labour directly or indirectly sustains the worker's consumption bundle, and which labour doesn't. In short, which labour is productive in goods and service, and which isn't (financial real estate, legal administration, needless government spending because of a privatized military-industrial complex)?
BTW, please forgive us for making off-handed remarks on the money supply.
- September 5, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Klusplatz said...
Regarding the posting by Jacob Richter on Sept. 2nd:
I don't understand your last sentence. You're right: we oppose fractional reserves and a government manipulation of the money supply and of the rate of interest. Were there no fractional reserves or increase in money supply, booms, busts, recessions, and financial crises could not exist.
Indeed Capitalism is more than just more than just the consumer goods and services market, but the increase in (physical, not moral, or emotional, spiritual) standards of living are derived solely from the increased production of goods and services. Even Leonid Brezhnev said this.
No, I do not measure productivity with profit. Profit, the compensation to those who loan capital in order to improve lives and earn a rate of return, is what is required in order to achieve productivity.
There is no such thing as "surplus labor." Wages are not a deduction from profits. Profits are what exist prior to the existence of wages. Wages are a deduction from profits. The more capitalism, the lower are profits (though profits could never fall to zero).
The very fact that you are Marxist tells me you no know nothing about economics besides the b.s. that Marx wrote. Are you aware of the fact that virtually no economist in the world supports Marxism, because Marxism was thoroughly disproven over 130 years ago. The only adherents of Marxism are ignorant history, literature, arts, and classics teachers in academia, except for the naïve leftwing students who think they are cool learning illogical, ignorant, fallacious theories. I can only assume you fall into one of the above categories.
Are you aware that Bohm-Bawerk refuted marks ten ways to Sunday? Are you aware that Marx ended up practically conceding just about all the points Bohm-Bawerk made against the theory in the third version of Das Capital? That's when Marxism was extinguished as a viable theory. To believe in Marxism is to pretend the up is down and that circles are squares.
Are you also aware that Marxism has never worked in any country? Are you aware that communism has killed well over 100 million people? (No, it's not the case that it was done incorrectly: it was done the only way it could be done—by oppression and total control, prohibiting freedoms of any kind, otherwise, people would run from the system as fast as they could). Yet capitalism, to the degree it was allowed as eradicated disease and poverty, and improved standards of living. The more capitalistic a society---historically, or across various countries today—the higher standards of living that exist, and the less suffering people endure.
You want to promote death and suffering all because you think—wrongly—that workers are not paid the extra 10% you think they are due, because incomes are unequal (because people and their desire and ability to produce are unequal). Are you serious with this ridiculous thinking? Have you learned nothing from looking at history or the world around you? You just want to stick your head in the sand and pray to false gods?
Educate yourself and think morally and logically.
- September 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM


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Yep. The candidate pressing all of the hot buttons with half-truths, distortions and irrelevancies is the scoundrel. The other one, historically, is "the winner."
At least in national races, until last week, attack advertising has been not only disgraceful but also, with few exceptions, unsuccessful. Mudslinging has narrowed margins but seldom won anything but the contempt of the electorate for politicians of all stripes.
More on this presently, because clearly this election changes everything. In any event, no endorsement of ultimately dishonest advertising of any sort should go unchallenged. But tempting as it may be to devote this entire space to questioning the sanity, judgment and possible undiagnosed head injury of Mr. Crain, for two reasons we will focus elsewhere:
1) Our houseful of mouths to feed.
2) It wasn't advertising that created this GOP onslaught. It was marketing.
Flash back to Bill Clinton's march to the White House. As a shrewd marketer, he gauged the consumers' needs and wants-namely, a centrist government that would end legislative gridlock, fix the economy, guarantee healthcare coverage and compassionately reform the welfare state.
Clinton reckoned that an increasingly liberal-averse public would suffer a Democratic government provided it positioned itself as mainstream. And because the Bush presidency was so rudderless, and his re-election campaign so abysmal, the challenger won. Then, on his first week on the job, President Clinton championed gays in the military.
It was not a mere political blunder. To many white middle-class Americans, it was betrayal. Certainly that's how Rush Limbaugh played it, stoking the fires of rage among those tired of affirmative action, urban violence, political correctness, teen-age parents, crack babies-in short, all the consequences, intended and otherwise, of the social engineering designed by liberal Democrats to create social justice.
Bill Clinton sought only to redress discrimination against gays, but he may as well have changed his voter registration to Sandinista.
Because Clinton had ceased to be John Kennedyesque. He was now Ted Kennedyesque. From that point forward, it was easy for Republicans to portray healthcare reform as socialized medicine, to spin Clinton's deficit reduction into "the largest tax increase in history" and to minimize the bloodless restoration of democracy in Haiti (and its ending of Florida's refugee nightmare) as Jimmy Carter's victory.
Whether or not he had betrayed America, the president had certainly betrayed his marketing plan. His demonization, on radio talk shows and finally in Republican attack advertising, therefore played very well. All the challengers had to do was run against Bill "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Clinton.
And that is why it is crazy, and wrong, to credit slimy attack ads for the GOP romp. What propelled Republicans to victory had little to do with the ads and everything to do with marketing-the party's ability to read the consumer's taste, and position itself accordingly. Meanwhile, all the things that were always shameful about negative advertising still are.
Still replete with ugly half-truths, which are ultimately lies. Still the province of irrelevant, inflammatory "facts" (as if, for example, the death-chamber body count has anything to do with crime rates, much less an elected official's "toughness" on crime).
Still playing on people's worst, most hateful impulses, Mr. Crain reminds us that advertisers have the right to present themselves, and their competitors, "in any way they see fit."
But before he gives say, Dodge his blessing to depict Chevy trucks in flames, we suggest he wait two years. Because in due course, the frustrated public will discover that a balanced-budget amendment, just to pick one item showcased in the GOP marketing plan, will mean cuts in entitlement programs that mainstream America will not abide.
Whereupon the tables will be turned, and the mud will be slung from the other direction, and once again we will witness the shameful spectacle and who knows who will win. But surely we know this: Decency, and democracy, will lose.


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AbstractAnnexin A2 is a pleiotropic calcium- and anionic phospholipid-binding protein that exists as a monomer and as a heterotetrameric complex with the plasminogen receptor protein, S100A10. Annexin A2 has been proposed to play a key role in many processes including exocytosis, endocytosis, membrane organization, ion channel conductance, and also to link F-actin cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane. Despite an impressive list of potential binding partners and regulatory activities, it was somewhat unexpected that the annexin A2-null mouse should show a relatively benign phenotype. Studies with the annexin A2-null mouse have suggested important functions for annexin A2 and the heterotetramer in fibrinolysis, in the regulation of the LDL receptor and in cellular redox regulation. However, the demonstration that depletion of annexin A2 causes the depletion of several other proteins including S100A10, fascin and affects the expression of at least sixty-one genes has confounded the reports of its function. In this review we will discuss the annexin A2 structure and function and its proposed physiological and pathological roles. View Full-Text
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MOBILE, Ala. – Arkansas tight end Jeremy Sprinkle has accepted an invitation to play in the 68th annual Reese's Senior Bowl game on Jan. 28, 2017 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, the bowl announced Monday.
Sprinkle becomes the second Arkansas player this year to accept an invitation to the Senior Bowl, joining punter Toby Baker who was among the first dozen players from around the nation to accept on Nov. 14.
Arkansas has had at least one player participate in the Senior Bowl each of the last 10 seasons, and 20 Razorbacks have played in the game during that span.
Sprinkle has caught 33 passes for 380 yards and four touchdowns this season. He ranks fourth in both receptions and receiving yards and is tied for second in touchdown catches among Southeastern Conference (SEC) tight ends. For his career, Sprinkle has made 71 receptions for 921 yards and is Arkansas' all-time leader in touchdown receptions by a tight end with 11. Of his 71 career catches, 47 have resulted in either a first down or touchdown for a conversion rate of 66.2 percent.
Baker, a Burlsworth Trophy semifinalist, has punted 50 times for 2,228 yards, ranking fourth in the SEC and 14th nationally with a 44.56 average. He's boomed 19 punts 50 yards or longer, including a career-best 60-yarder last Friday at Missouri that was downed at the 1-yard line. In addition, he's showcased his accuracy, placing 19 punts inside the 20-yard line with only three touchbacks. Of his 50 punts, 17 have been returned, while 20 have been fair caught. His 19 punts of 50-plus yards are 13 more than his career total entering the season. The Memphis, Tennessee, native has pinned at least one punt inside the 20 in 12 straight games he's punted in dating back to last season.
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"I read your Sandy Hook debate, you have no right to say that crap, it is not only disrespectful but dishonoring to the families whose children died in it. Why on earth would you say that stuff." -You
What gives you the right to decide what someone has the right to say? Last time I checked, you were no one's god or judge. If you wish to be self-righteous, go ahead. But keep it off of the internet. If you are that easily offended, I can assure you your time would be better spent in another place. Seeing a marine take the time out of their day to tell a girl over the internet to grow up makes me sick. Instead of protecting your country or spending time enjoying your life, you're here insulting people younger than you. Oh and you're being disrespectful yourself, hypocrite.
A crime was committed that needs investigation. The real crime is what our trusted officials committed on the American people. That crime was covered up by denying the public the facts surrounding the event. The event is one of many staged fake shootings that are destroying America. Wake up People!
Sandy hook didn't happen. Why did some kids that "died" sing at the superbowl? Sandy hook isn't even an operating school. Actors were hired. You were not there. You were not a witness. You can not prove it was not a hoax, but someone can prove it is. "I don't care if I offend someone by practicing my right to free speech, because it is not my fault."
Why don't you answer my questions instead of spitting our Insults like a little kid. You know you've been proven wrong. You can't debunk my claims so you hide behind insults. Why were they circling around the fire house over and over? Why did they use a picture of lily Gaubert a GA girl as Allison Wyatt a victim from sandy hook and where are her parents? Why was a united way fund set up for the victims in the 11th? Why didn't they follow emergency protocol?. There's nothing wrong with asking simple questions that should have been answers a long time ago.
What's happened to free speech? There doesn't seem to be much of it around anymore. And honestly I don't see how this argument is disrespectful to the families and children. If anything if the theory is correct than I would think it would be respectful to the children for discovering who was really behind their deaths. I don't have an opinion on the theory itself so I think right or wrong it doesn't seem disrespectful.
Honestly, it made me mad to see that not only was she rude to the other users but she disrespected all of the injured and dead in that shooting. Nobody could make that kind of hoax at that magnitude without anyone knowing. Was 9/11 a hoax? Did 2 entire skyscrapers just get disassembled in a day without anyone knowing and then blamed on Al Queada? Was the Boston Bombing a prank that killed multiple people? Dilara said " I never wise that everything the government does is to opress me. They don't even know who I am. Sandy hook was a made up event to take away guns from everyone and raise money." I am a Marine and i think that this is complete bull, yes it was a gun related tragedy but it isn't leverage to get rid of guns, the Tea Party and NRA proved that if there was a law enforcement officer or a person with a weapon then it could have been averted. This was a ridiculous debate because one there is a lot of proof towards the tragedy and almost nil towards the chance of it being a hoax. Grow up Dilara.
Same goes for all such events like 911, dredging up nonsense for the sake of controversy and making a name for themselves have Conspiracy theory NutJobs in the Red as far as Morality/Ethics is concerned. It is evident that Ethics escapes such loonies notice.
If they had real, substantiated, and verifiable evidence, instead of Fallacies built on scant, and insignificant evidence, then they should push their cases through the proper channels. The fact that the first place they push their nonsense is onto public media, demonstrates that they are only out to create public controversy and thus be total nuisances, not only to those who investigated these events, but sadly, to those who lost partners and loved ones in those tragedies. They really are Extremely Sick and Irresponsible Nutjobs.
In the United States an individual has the right to free speech. I support this right. So I am going to freely say: it is disrespectful to claim that someone's murder is a hoax. They can say it all they want, but it is still disrespectful.
One common issue with rape and child molestation is when the victim comes out and tries to tell people what happened, but the people they tell don't believe a word of it. That leaves the victim feeling even more helpless, alone, and unloved.
A person can claim that Sandy Hook was just a hoax, but I do not recommend that action. It is insensitive.
While I don't claim that she shouldn't be allowed to make that argument, it most certainly is disrespectful. To attempt to make a hoax and mockery out of parents suffering is the height of dissrespect. While she may have every right to make these comments, that does not change the facts. They are dissrespectful.


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About 20 officers wore protective gear, masks, and boots, and used rake-like tools as they began sifting through every single piece of garbage in a 36,000-square-foot area of the Butterfield Landfill in Mobile, south of the Phoenix area. That amounts to about 6,000 tons of trash.
They will search eight hours a day Monday through Friday for up to six weeks or until they find the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley of Glendale.
The officers conducting the search all volunteered for the labor-intensive and potentially dangerous work, Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden said.
"It's very important to us and we all believe in it," Breeden said. "It's touched just about every heart. It's all about a little girl and we want to bring justice to Jhessye."
When Jhessye's mother, Jerice Hunter, reported the little girl missing on Oct. 11, an intensive search began as police and volunteers combed her neighborhood and found no sign of her or any evidence indicating what might have happened to her.
In the weeks that followed, information about Hunter's past abuse of her children came to light and the investigation turned to her, and Breeden said Friday that she was still the "No. 1 focus."
The phone at Hunter's home was disconnected. She and her attorney, Scott Maasen, have maintained her innocence.
Hunter's 13-year-old daughter, who had been removed from Hunter's home with her other siblings Oct. 12, told police in November that she hadn't seen Jhessye since September. She told them that a few days before Hunter reported the girl missing, she saw Hunter cleaning her shoes and a closet where she kept Jhessye.
Police said they found a receipt that showed Hunter bought food and a bottle of bleach Oct. 9.
The teen also told police that Hunter deprived Jhessye of food and water while keeping her in the closet, and that she saw the girl with black eyes, bruises and cuts to her face and body. When she last saw Jhessye, the teen said that the girl's hair had been pulled out, that she didn't look alive, and that the closet where she was kept "looked like a grave and smelled like dead people."
Police arrested Hunter soon after on suspicion of child abuse related to Jhessye. They released her from jail a day later and dropped the charge against her after prosecutors said they wanted to investigate further and were worried that Hunter would not be eligible for a potential murder charge if she was convicted of abusing Shockley, a situation known as double jeopardy.
Hunter has declined to submit to a lie-detector test by police but has told reporters that she had nothing to do with her daughter's disappearance. She also has been critical of investigators, who she said were wrongly focused on her instead of looking for Jhessye.
In October 2005, Hunter was arrested with her then-husband, George Shockley, on child abuse charges in California. Hunter pleaded no contest to corporal punishment and served about four years in prison before she was released on parole in May 2010.
Shockley is a convicted sex offender and is still in a California prison.
Hunter's oldest child, 14 at the time, told police that his mother routinely beat the children. Hunter's mother, Shirley Johnson, has said that her daughter changed after prison and became a loving mother.


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Career as a Management consultant
Simon Shaw is a consultant with a management consultancy based in Surrey. He works with clients throughout the UK.
What does your career as a management consultant involve?
I deal with clients who are considering outsourcing all or some of their call handling to a call centre. I meet with the clients to find out about their existing call handling procedures and why they are thinking of outsourcing it. We discuss the benefits, or otherwise, of making the hange. This means I have to do a detailed study of their business.
If a decision is made to proceed, I then discuss the different types and locations of call centre operation with them, to help them finally choose one that is most suitable for their type of customers, calls and overall operation.
What types of clients do you meet?
I mainly work on large projects. Although we are a relatively small consultancy, we have some very major clients. I do some work with smaller companies too, and these can be involved in many different types of business.
Do you work away from the office a lot?
When I'm working on a project, I spend a lot of time at each client's own business premises – so anywhere in the country potentially. I'm sometimes involved in auditing existing projects too, or mediating relationships between companies and call centres that are not working well.
I support about 70 per cent of my time is spent away from my office on these jobs. The other 30 per cent is spent working on the computer at my desk with the four other people in my team. I do a lot of internet research, as I need to keep up-to-date with development in the call centre industry.
What do you like best about your career as a management consultant?
I like talking to people and I have to do that all the time at work! It's interesting working with such a broad range of people and companies, all doing different work in different ways. There is great variety in the job, which I really like.
What skills and qualities do you need to be a management consultant?
You need to be confident, flexible and quick thinking. You must be able to move from one type of client to another and to keep on top of each project, making sure it's moving forward.
The job's very challenging and there are new things you have to learn about and do all the time. I'm still quite young to be meeting directors and board members of big client companies – it's important not to feel intimidated and be able to react to different people and situations as well.
What future plans do you have?
I want to stay working in management consultancy. I have lots of opportunity for training in this job, as my company values people development. I've recently been on sales, negotiations and business courses. The company has grown from having five or six staff three years ago to just over 20 people at present. I would like to stay here for a while and be part of its continuing success.
Simon's route to his career as a management consultant
- Degree in History and Philosophy
- Worked in a call centre and telesales in Holland for two years
- Worked in the sales department of Telegraph Newspapers in London
- Became a specialist consultant with CM Insight Limited, advising clients on all aspects of call centre operations
Simon's management consultant tips
- Choose the type and size of management consultancy that suits you, your experience and interests.
- Use school and college work experience and holiday job opportunities, to learn about different types of businesses and what they do.
Management consultant related jobs
- Business adviser
- Business analyst
- Company director
- Company secretary
- Financial consultant/adviser
- Manager
Salary of a management consultant
- A new management consultant usually earns around £25,000 to £30,000.
- With experience this can rise to anything between £50,000 and £75,000 or more.
- Very experienced, well established management consultants, directors and partners in consultancies can earn up to £200,000 or more.
How to become a management consultant
- It is possible to enter with good knowledge and experience of working in business or finance.
- There are opportunities for graduates as new management consultants.
- Useful degree subjects include management studies, business studies, management accounting and finance.
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Millipedes and most centipedes prefer to live outdoors in damp habitats. They can be found under logs, mulch, leaves and rocks. Millipedes feed on decaying plant matter and are important decomposers. Centipedes are predators and eat insects, and other small arthropods.
Millipedes are brown to black in color and usually 1 to 1 1/2 inch long. They have a smooth cylindrical body and will curl up when disturbed or dead. You can tell the difference between millipedes and centipedes by looking at the legs. Millipede legs are short and underneath the body, whereas centipede legs are long and stick out along the sides of their bodies. Millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment, while centipedes have one pair per segment.
The house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, is a centipede species that is capable of living and reproducing in buildings. The body is brown to grayish yellow and has three dark stripes on top. The house centipede is about 1 1/2 inches long and has very long slender legs. The house centipede is active at night and feeds primarily on small insects such as cockroaches, and other arthropods. Centipedes are considered beneficial because they eat other insects; however, most people don't like seeing them running across the floor.
Millipedes can become a pest when they wander into buildings. However, unlike the house centipede millipedes do not reproduce indoors. Millipedes also migrate long distances during certain times of the year (varies with the weather, but commonly in spring or fall) and will occasionally enter structures in large numbers these migrations.
Management of centipedes and millipedes needs to focus on reducing the number entering the home by sealing cracks in foundations and around doors. Also, reducing centipede and millipede habitat around the foundation will help. They prefer moisture, so you can reduce suitable habitat by raking back mulch from the foundation, keeping plantings trimmed to allow sunlight to dry the soil, and letting soil dry between watering. Perimeter spraying of insecticides are of limited benefit in controlling centipedes and millipedes because the products do not always reach their protected habitats.
When centipedes and millipedes get indoors it is best to remove them with a vacuum or broom. Sticky traps can be placed against walls near entryways in areas where they are commonly observed. Reducing moisture and removing hiding places (old newspapers, boxes, etc) will also help in managing these occasional invaders. Indoor use of insecticides is not recommended for controlling millipedes because they usually die in a short time because of the dryness. Controlling house centipedes is best accomplished by reducing the number of insects they are using for food.
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The phases of the moon are also used to represent phases of life. Some cultures identify the moon as a feminine symbol that represents the rhythm of time . Further, the phases of the moon are used as an analogy for human development, full means maturity.
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